It’s the best time of the year and school is finally over for the semester. All of the possible stress and all-nighters of finals is finished, all there is to do now is relax… and read Macbeth. The tree is up, the presents are wrapped, and the urgency to get out of bed in the morning is non- existent. After catching up on sleep, which you swore would have taken twenty- four hours to do, you can get to your personal to- do list done. But as always, when you start the to-do list, you realize that Christmas movies are airing all day long and decide that is more important. All while Macbeth sits in the corner haunting you.

Christmas Day is here and it’s time to be surrounded by family and food. The presents are opened and it’s time to carry on the family tradition. You all gather around the TV and watch some of the best like It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, and The Polar Express. After the movies are over, the Christmas dinner is eaten and it’s been another successful Christmas surrounded by family. When the big holiday is over and the presents have been unwrapped, you realize the break is almost over. So you decide it is time to read Macbeth and look through notes to refresh your memory of what you learned last semester.

Then New Year’s Eve arrives and it’s time to celebrate the year that has past and the year that lies ahead. The food is made, the family is together and the traditional highly- competitive card game begins. After struggling to stay awake for the ball- drop of the new year, the countdown finally begins. When the celebrating is over, you realize that a new year has begun; it’s a new year filled with new beginnings. The final semester of senior year will start soon, graduation is approaching, and time is flying by. Soon it will be your first day of college, first day of being in the workforce as a high school graduate, or first day of basic training, and the new chapter begins.