{"id":99,"date":"2015-11-23T13:44:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T13:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/?p=99"},"modified":"2022-12-01T10:55:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T10:55:28","slug":"november-new-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2015\/11\/23\/november-new-december\/","title":{"rendered":"November is the new December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Love it or hate it, the festive season has arrived! The little log cabins are going up for the christmas market, there are sparkly shop windows everywhere and disco balls have appeared down the shambles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yorkmas tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I’m a lover of Christmas, so when a house mate suggested that we do ‘November is the new December’ I jumped at the chance (please hear me out before you scorn me for being too enthusiastic). York terms are so short! The last two years I’ve been a bit sad that we all went home before it was socially acceptable to be festive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So this year I’ve got rid of my normal ‘no Christmas before December’ rules (I mean it’s kinda December -November is the new December – so I’m not actually breaking them right?!) and\u00a0gone the whole hog – Christmas tree, fairy lights and advent calendars. We’re even planning a ‘Christmas Day’ on the 25th of November complete with dinner and secret santa gifts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why do I need some Christmas cheer in November? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’ve found that the last month of term can be a bit of hectic one academically. In both first and second year, physicists have to submit a formal lab report just before the holiday. It counts for a significant proportion of your lab module and can be a bit of a daunting task. However it is a really useful way of boosting your writing skills and last year I found once I’d got started I actually quite enjoyed doing it (yes I know I’m a physicist, we’re allowed to like writing too!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between that, looking ahead to January exams and the fact that there’s no pause button on a physics degree, things can be pretty busy.\u00a0What I’m trying to say is that no matter how much you love your course it can be nice to give yourself events to look forward to and things to do just for fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from being super keen and celebrating with your house mates there is so much going on, on and off campus to catch a break from academia. It’s one of the reasons I love York! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uni Christmas events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All colleges and most societies run Christmassy events. I’m currently having a debate with my internal accountant – can anyone think of a good excuse to go to three christmas balls?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I came in like a wrecking bauble….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n