When you go to a different school than your best friends, life can be really hard at times. You miss all the inside jokes, the late-night food runs and going to one another's houses just to see their families and eat their food. But winter break is a time where all of that changes, and you're reunited with your people once again.

When you actually see one another for the first time in months.

Finally getting to talk to someone about all of your really weird and random thoughts again.

Having someone who understands all of your references.

Getting to be completely and unashamedly weird without judgment.

Just getting to bask in their wonderful presence again.

Seeing their family, a.k.a. your second family.

When you think about having to leave them at the end of break.

But thankfully, we've still got a whole month before we have to think about that last one.