The Student's Guide to (Mentally and Mindfully) Surviving Winter Break -- Home For The Holidays

When you're in college and finals and term papers are taking over your life, winter break just can't come soon enough--that is, until it does. You've taken your last exam, turned in your last essay, and you're on your way home for the next four to six weeks after being away for an entire semester, and then it happens--reality sets in, and you remember that winter break isn't all it's cracked up to be.