Oh Tannenbaum.

We have a Christmas tree!
Sophomore year Anna called me while I was walking to track practice and said, "B, today I got an email from the super saying that I had a package, so I picked it up and it was this weird really skinny long box.... and inside it was a Christmas tree!" I later found out that her mom simply just cut down a tree from their rural Vermont backyard, packaged it, and sent it as a surprise. Ever since then, it has been a tradition.
With Christmas music playing over the radio in the dining halls and our beautiful little tree lit up in our room, it really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Oh yeah, and it snows here, so these people will actually experience a white Christmas... but I am looking forward to going back home to my California sun [which will unfortunately be rain when I come back home]!
Hope everyone enjoys the holiday season-- I have a bajillion assignments to get through before I can even start thinking about the holidays. Eek!