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Show holiday/ MONDAY • NOVEMBER 20 • 2006 D3 Keyra's recipes for the holidays I can s/apotaie-d —'*• /a pctckos^ ye/louj cake. i/g v \/2 \ Q \/2 ct>tp froz&n \/ 2 CMp Pour lito s fy S 3/astf pan. Tve got the "stuck in Utah for the holidays" blues Keyra Kristoffersen College Times SUBARU specialist. OUTBACK • LEGACY • FORESTER • IMPFIEZZA 10% OFF labor on any Subaru for FUEL SAVING SPECIAL .MTuneUpa*,! Fuel Injection CM TODAY! Service r»^r car. DO YOU WANT YOUR VOICE TO BE HEARD? THEN COME TO S C 2 2 0 AND FILL OUT AN APPLICATION TO WRITE FOR THE COLLEGE TIMES. W hen it comes to the holidays, no one wants to be left alone. Even Scrooge ended up with family around him Christmas Day. But Scrooge had the money to go home and be with his family when the holiday "spirit" came upon him. As college students, our financial portfolios are usually less than profitable, and sometimes the option of being with our families is just not there. Last year, a friend of mine was going home to Michigan for Christmas Break. Because of work, she could only leave for about four days. When it came time to buy the plane tickets, she nearly had a seizure at the prices: $900. From Salt Lake Airport to where ever the airport is in Michigan, it would cost her $900 just to go home for 4 days. I could fly to Denmark for a month on that. Lucky for my friend, her dad seemed to have oodles of money, and he paid for most of the trip. My going home means only flying two states to the left. Unfortunately, I'm still looking at $500-$600. Therefore, I'm not going home for Christmas break. This may be the first and last time you ever spend Christmas without family, and that can have so many advantages. Advantages? Are you kidding me? No, no, no, it's true. There are advantages. Obviously, you won't be getting your mom to do your laundry for you, or the thrill of holiday food, but believe it or not, you can still have fun sticking around your college at holiday time. First, empty apartment. If you've ever had roommates you hated, you understand the beauty of this notion. You may not get to go home, but chances are, at least one or all of your roomies will, as well as the people above and below you if you live in an apartment—sleep wherever you want, play music as loud as you want when you want to. Steal, I mean, throw out any perishables they left behind, and have your room and most importantly your bathroom to yourself for two whole weeks. For girls, this is amazing. For guys, do you even notice you have roommates? Second, no school. (Period) (I didn't feel the period was big enough so I had to emphasize.) Third, decking the halls. This goes along with that no roomies thing, because you can decorate the apartment as festively as you want, or not. All it really takes is mistletoe to get into the holiday spirit anyway (wink). Fourth, no one pinching your cheeks and telling you how grown up you look now; these are people I generally try to avoid, they just cause trouble. No third degree about what you're doing with your life, because as far as you know, all you do is sit. Sit in class, sit the library, sit in front of the computer, and sit in front of the TV. while sitting in front of your computer. (And your family has the audacity to ask why your butt has gotten so big. To this, you must reply, "It's wonderful to see you too, Aunt Joan. How are the pekinese?") No good can come from this. MDU call Christmas Day, while the whole family is gathered around the table eating mashed potatoes, and then as quick as you can, say that your minutes are low, but really you're hitting Brighton. Fifth, because of rio family obligation, activities are completely up to you and your budget which we've already discussed. Luckily there are plenty of fun, low budget things to do. You're here at college, and you may as well take advantage of all the fun you can have (sleeping in). |