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12 Reasons You Are Excited For Christmas

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

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Christmas is literally the best time of the entire year, and it's on it's way fast. Since Halloween is over, there are only eight more Saturdays until Christmas...eight! That's only eight more Saturdays to go Christmas shopping, eight more Saturdays to bake Christmas cookies, and eight more Saturdays to prepare for the best day of the year! Needless to say, I am excited, and I know you are too.

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5 Simple, Delicious Ways To Spruce Up Your Basic Cup Of Hot Cocoa This Winter

Deck the halls—and your hot cocoa— this holiday season!

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5 Simple, Delicious Ways To Spruce Up Your Basic Cup Of Hot Cocoa This Winter

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Some of my fondest memories have included hot cocoa. As soon as the temperature dropped below 70 (which is basically freezing in Florida), my little sister and I break out the saucepan and froth up some milk and cocoa. Somehow, I always manage to burn my tongue on the first sip, no matter how careful I try to be. Of course, this doesn't make the hot cocoa any less delicious.

I'm always experimenting with my hot cocoa by adding new spices and toppings. The holiday season is supposed to be a season of joy and wonder. After all, I'm a firm believer that a good chunk of that joy and wonder should be directed towards consumption of hot chocolate.

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10 Signs Your Coworker Is The Best, Like Mine

She makes Mondays tolerable and really that's all I could ask for.

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10 Signs Your Coworker Is The Best, Like Mine

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I work in an office in a department on campus as a student worker. Not only have I been super blessed with amazing faculty but also an awesome fellow student worker! She can turn the coldest and grayest Monday's into the best days and here are just a few reasons why…

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20 Of The Worst Pick Up Lines That Will Make You Cringe According To 20 College Students

Pick up lines are only a good idea if you're an actor in a paranormal tv show, and even then...not really.

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20 Of The Worst Pick Up Lines That Will Make You Cringe According To 20 College Students

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Pick up lines: lets talk about them. They're pretty generally regarded as cheesy, cringe-worthy, or an instant turn-off. Still, though, there are certain people out there that think they're an acceptable approach. It's 2019, people. Pick up lines should officially be left in the past.

In the spirit of letting them go, here are 20 of the worst pick up lines college girls have ever heard.

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10 Ways To Use Winter Weather To Benefit Your Dating Life

Why risk frostbite for a fancy dinner when you can spend the night in?

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10 Ways To Use Winter Weather To Benefit Your Dating Life

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Unless you're off on a vacation for the winter, we're all dealing with some blizzard-like conditions about now. It's Michigan, so who knows what tomorrow will bring?

You may be someone, like me, who'd rather curl up under a fuzzy blanket with a warm cup of cocoa or coffee than venture out into the cold unless absolutely necessary. Like most activities during the winter, your dating life may not be your top priority.

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10 Last Minute Christmas Gifts For The 'Oh, Crap' Moments

For all of those who would rather pull their own teeth than spend another moment in a shopping center.

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10 Last Minute Christmas Gifts For The 'Oh, Crap' Moments

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Christmas time really does come out of nowhere. One moment it's Thanksgiving, you blink, and it's Christmas Eve. In the hustle of family, friends, and shopping it can be very easy to overlook someone in your life. Instead of a full stress meltdown, improvise and win the Christmas season in just one night.

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*It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas*

1. Christmas Music

2. Christmas Cookies

3. Winter Weather (aka Snow Days)

4. Hot Cocoa

5. Christmas Shopping

6. Christmas Movies

7. Christmas Trees

8. Christmas Socks

9. Family Time

10. Wrapping Presents

11. Christmas Cards

12. That Christmas Feeling

Deck the halls—and your hot cocoa— this holiday season!

1. Experiment with peppermint hot cocoa.

2. Try some extra chocolatey hot chocolate.

3. Sip some cinnamon hot cocoa.

4. Go crazy with the toppings!

5. Give hot cocoa bombs a try.

She makes Mondays tolerable and really that's all I could ask for.

1. You can be twinsies and it is not weird.

2. You randomly break into song.

3. They let you vent and vise-versa.

4. They are a living Disney character.

5. They give great advice.

6. You drink hot cocoa together on cold days.

7. They are GIF royalty.

8. You both live for a good boy talk.

9. You are accountability partners for Lent.

10. Your coworker has the happiest/sweetest/biggest heart.

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1. "You turn my software into hardware."

2. "We go together like hot chocolate and marshmallows...you're hot and I want to be on top of you."

3. "Are you a trap card? Because I'm falling for you."

4. "I wish I was cross eyed, so I could see you twice."

5. "Are you going downtown tonight?"

6. "Do you eat or drink? Because I think we should do one of those things sometime."

7. "If nothing lasts forever...will you be my nothing?"

8. "Are you strategically arranged carbon atoms? Because you shine like a diamond."

9. "You've got an ass-signment I'd like to finish."

10. "You had me at cello."

11. "Is your name Summer? Because you're too hot."

12. "You want to come muddin'? I'd love to get down and dirty with you."

13. "Are you a Gryffindor, or do you mind if I Slyther-in?"

14. "Are you a haunted house? Because I'm going to scream when I enter you."

15. "They say Disney World is the happiest place on Earth, but they've clearly never been next to you."

16. "Do you have a name, or can I call you mine?"

17. "If I told you I work at Home Depot, would you let me handle your tool?"

18. "Do you have an ugly boyfriend? No? Do you want one?"

19. "What's your favorite color? Mine's the color of your eyes."

20. "Want to register your number in my PokeNav?"

Why risk frostbite for a fancy dinner when you can spend the night in?

1. Cozy up and set some new goals

2. Ask someone on a cuddle date

3. Sign up for an online dating website.

4. Offer to cook them a good hardy meal.

5. There's less pressure to come up with an AMAZING date night

6. Winter tends to be the loneliest season.

7. Consider venturing out of your comfort zone.

8. You have the opportunity to bond more.

9. Winter is the most romantic setting for a meet-cute

10. Winter clothing flatters everyone

For all of those who would rather pull their own teeth than spend another moment in a shopping center.

1. Christmas Hot Chocolate

2. Personalized coupons may sound like a thing of the past but everyone likes gifts that keep on giving.

3. Anything offered on Same Day Amazon Shipping.

4. A subscription to something great.

5. Offer child or house care.

6. Pick up a board game.

7. Regift a favorite book.

8. Give something more practical than pretty.

9. Frame a picture.

10. Go for a gift card.

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It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas