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STUDENT NEWS Magazine MVHS VOLUME 8 ISSUe 3 December
and now all we crave is winter break. The best holiday season is finally here. Goodbye fall, hello winter. I’m sure I speak for all students and faculty when I say we are ready. It’s time for snow days, an abundance of Starbucks and ugly sweater Fridays, when it’s finally socially acceptable to listen to Christmas music 24/7. This is the time of year where it’s a neighborhood competition of who can decorate his house with the most lights and have the most expensive electric bill. Santa is coming. The mistletoe is going up. Stores are going into overload. It’s time to make memories with friends, family and loved ones. Go out of your way and experience something new. Try going to Meadowlark’s Winter Walk of Lights in Vienna, Virginia, which is a winter stroll through an illuminated garden. The cost is only $12 and about an hour up to Northern Virginia. Want to be more active? Try the Harris Pavilion Outdoor Ice Skating Rink in Manassas, Virginia. The cost is $8 per person and the hours are 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. It’s located in downtown Manassas which is full of boutique stores and cafés to go to after. Experience the feeling of giving back to your community. Consider doing something inspirational such as donating to Toys for Tots which gives gifts to less fortunate children in our community. To find out more go to www.toysfortots.org. You can also visit the Fredericksburg Homeless Shelter & Services for the Needy website to volunteer at different, local homeless shelters. Need an athletic day out? Take advantage of the two inches of snow that will soon begin to cover our yards and keep us out of school longer. Take a family trip to the Massanutten Ski Resort in Harrisonburg, Virginia and tube down the 900-foot slope at their Mountain Express Tube Park. If we ever get a snow day, take advantage of the School’s Out special: $25 lift tickets. Build an igloo. Make a snowman family. Have a snowball fight. Take tips from Buddy the Elf or dress your dog up as Rudolph like the Grinch (part of ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas). Make handmade gifts from Pinterest. Get your picture taken with Santa at Tyson’s Corner Center in McLean, Virginia. Relax and enjoy it. Decorate, celebrate, or vegetate. Make the best of it in every way possible. Your alarm will be set back to 6 a.m. sooner than you think.
Erinn Black Staff Writer