I never realized that being 184 miles away from my two best friends would be as hard as it has been on me. If I ever needed anything they were always there in a heartbeat. I never had to ask if they were too busy to talk because I could just show up at their house and hang out and talk. I knew all of their friends that they hung out with because they were my friends too and now I don’t know any of their friends. It’s super weird to go from seeing someone almost every day to maybe once a month twice if you’re lucky.

So this year for Christmas all I’m asking for is Meagan and Brittany. Every year for I don’t know how many years Meagan, Brittany and I have done a gift exchange. It’s one of the hardest things in the world to decide what to give your best friends for Christmas when you feel like they deserve a first class round trip to Paris but you have all of five dollars to your name. We always say that we want something sentimental and from the heart and this year that is exactly what I am asking for. All I want for Christmas is my best friends. I want to be able to spend a day with them like we have no care in the world but the time we are spending together. Living in the fast paced world we do, we seem to lose sight of what is important without the knowledge of how to slow down. Most people want tangible items, and while they are great and it is nice to have the newest edition of everything, it does not compare to being in the company of the important people in your life. Time isn’t something you can wrap up with a pretty bow and hand it to your best friend and say buy yourself something nice. Time is what everyone on this earth needs. I need time to sleep, time to do school work, but most importantly I crave time to spend with my best friends. College is already hectic and fast paced, yet when you add a job or sororities or social events, it makes college even crazier and our time more scarce than ever. The money, fur jackets, apple watches and everything else are wonderful gifts yet they are nothing compared to the gift of friendship.

All I want for Christmas is my best friends, I want to be able to sit and talk with them for hours at a time like we could we when were ten years old. I want to be able to stay up all night and watch a stupid movie while we eat all the junk food in the house. I don’t want the pretty wrapped presents under the tree as much as I would like the gift of their time. There is nothing that makes me more excited for Christmas like the idea of spending it with people I love. So when you see Santa and he asks what I want for Christmas, tell him I want my best friends. Hopefully when you see him and he asks you what you want for Christmas you tell him you want your best friends too because the time to spend with them lessens with every passing year.