| Winter break is FINALLY in sight and you couldn't be | | | | 11. Flip through old Christmas pictures with your parents |
| happier. Only problem is you have tons of free time | | | | and reminisce. |
| coming up and you're b-r-o-k-e. Well, what student | | | | 12. If you were lucky enough to have a tech-savvy |
| isn't? Did you know that the average college student is | | | | family member while growing up, watch your old family |
| walking around with $2,700 in credit card debt! Instead | | | | videos. Make sure to invite your cousins over for this |
| of racking up pricey dinners and 3 a.m. nightcaps, | | | | event for extra humiliation! |
| movie stubs and concert tickets, grab your pals and | | | | 13. Decorate Mom's Christmas cutout cookies (just |
| give these free holiday pastimes a try. Your wallet will | | | | don't eat more than you frost and sprinkle). |
| thank you. Your friends will too! | | | | 14. SLEEP IN. |
| 1. Careen down some hills on your old faithful sled. | | | | 15. Attend your local high school's annual holiday |
| Bonus: Walking up the hill is great for the glutes. | | | | concert. |
| 2. Watch your favorite Christmas cartoons from your | | | | 16. Sing Christmas carols (even if it's only in the privacy |
| childhood like A Muppet Family Christmas and Frosty | | | | of your own car). |
| the Snowman. I still watch Christmas Eve on Sesame | | | | 17. For the brave: Round up your friends and sing |
| Street -- you're never too old for your favorite holiday | | | | carols around your neighborhood. There's nothing like |
| cartoons! | | | | the sound of people singing "Silent Night" outside your |
| 3. Build a snowman. | | | | window to let you know you're not forgotten no |
| 4. Curl up beside a fire with hot chocolate. | | | | matter how lonely you are or how bad things may |
| 5. Host a Pictionary tournament (winners get bragging | | | | seem. |
| rights till next year!). | | | | 18. Send out a personalized holiday e-card to all your |
| 6. Become a Big Brother or a Big Sister and mentor a | | | | friends & family. |
| child in need (visit | | | | 19. Crafty? Make holiday cards and give them out to |
| 7. Play hide and seek at night with your siblings under | | | | your loved ones when you see them throughout the |
| the glow of your neighbors' Christmas lights. No, you're | | | | holiday season. Inside the card, write down the top 5 |
| not too "cool" for this once you're over 12. | | | | things that make them special to you. |
| 8. Lie down in freshly fallen snow and make a snow | | | | 20. New Year's resolutions and to-do lists already |
| angel. | | | | dancing through your mind? Instead of listing your New |
| 9. Read The Night Before Christmas to your little | | | | Year's resolutions for 2007, write yourself a thank-you |
| cousin. Make sure to treat your little one to full special | | | | note for surviving 2006. List all the blessings you've |
| effects and don't forget to animate your voice. "Now | | | | received this year and write down everything you're |
| dash away! dash away! dash away all!" | | | | proud to have accomplished. Make the New Year a |
| 10. Start a snowball fight with your friends (just try not | | | | time of reflection -- you deserve the break! |
| to make anyone's nose bleed). | | | | |