What the Christmas Tree You Have in Your Room Says About You
Welcome back to campus! With only about 2 weeks between now and winter break, it seems that people are going full speed ahead into the holiday season. If you are like many other eager elves on this campus, you and your roommates have dutifully staked a miniature Christmas tree in your shared area. Though this may seem like a fairly banal choice, the key distinction lies in what tree you and your compatriots have chosen.
If you chose to put out the classic green tree, you are fairly traditional, both in your holiday decorative decisions and perhaps in life. You and your roommates might also have hung up stockings and arranged some sort of Secret Santa gift swap. This takes some amount of planning, enthusiasm, and foresight, which likely means you are freshmen. Also, you probably haven’t realized (yet!) that you all don’t like each other as much as you think. Don’t worry, this too will come.
If you went with this little Grinch-like tree hot off the racks at Trader Joe’s, you are a little bit quirky! This whimsical choice just screams edgy (though, of course, not too edgy). One aspect to consider is: how edgy are you really if you’re buying Christmas trees from good ol’ TJ’s? You may pretend to roll your eyes at others’ holiday cheer but, underneath it all, you are counting down the days ‘til Santa comes!
If you’re like me and my roommates, you picked a somewhat gaudy silver tinsel tree. Bonus points if you’ve included the rotating color wheel that projects rainbow light off the aluminum! This choice signals to all interested parties that you are ironic, retro, and art deco in a very cool and convincing way.
Maybe you have a nearly dead mini tree that your mom shoved last minute into your laundry bag post Thanksgiving. If this applies to you, this should serve as a reminder to water it.
Perhaps you eschewed the tree altogether and went with something like this very cool red solo cup wreath, which demonstrates that you have some sense of holiday cheer but also definitely like to party. You are familiar with the red solo cup of college lore and you are not afraid of showing it! If this applies to you, you are definitely a huge partier! That is so sick.
No matter if you celebrate with a tree or otherwise, happy holidays!