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" Winter break is a glorious vacation from your home away from home. Being back under your parents&amp;#039; roof for a month comes with a cornucopia of holiday blessings; mom doing your laundry, shopping sprees and all-you-can-eat home cooking. However, after an entire semester of independence, returning home may cause a slight culture shock when you&amp;#039;re back under mom and dad&amp;#039;s watchful eye. That being said, here are some tips for navigating life at home for the holiday season.  Make like Aretha and show some R-E-S-P-E-C-TYou might have grown accustomed to watching late-night T.V. as you snack on Dominos delivery and wipe your hands underneath the futon, but you&amp;#039;re home now. Respect your parents&amp;#039; wishes when it comes to bedtimes, curfews and whatever else. Remember, it&amp;#039;s only one month and it is their house. Indulge them a little - in their eyes, you&amp;#039;re still their little girl. Reunited and It Feels So GoodAs much as you love sleeping in your own queen-sized bed, it&amp;#039;s hard to deny that you wake up each morning missing your roommates&amp;#039; face staring back at you. Plan a get-together with your college friends that live in the area and your besties from home. What can be better than combining forces and creating a super-group of home and college friends? It will also help to stave off the home-from-college blues. And unlike your parents, these girls will laugh at your stories of your weekend escapades. Take Advantage!Take pleasure in the things that you can&amp;#039;t do while you&amp;#039;re at school. Relish in the fact that you can shower sans shower shoes and walk around in your ducky pajama pants without embarrassment. That you can stay up late reading a book in bed with the lights on. That you can do your laundry for free and without fear that someone will take your stuff out of the dryer while it&amp;#039;s still damp and put their stuff in there. Enjoy your time at home, after all, winter break is a time to relax and recuperate. You&amp;#039;ll be back for spring semester before you know it. For more tips on surviving college, check out CollegeCandy! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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