Staying home for the holidays Pro Con

NICHOLAS MARTINEZ Reporter @NickEsai

The stresses of school and work are usually what causes many missed opportunities to spend time with your family. The holidays are when most people have time off from these stresses, which makes it the best time to stay home and finally enjoy some quality time with the family.

It is important to see your family on the holidays, as for some it can be the only time in the year when everyone can finally come together in one place. Most people have a large extended family made up of cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents, who for the most part probably haven't seen each other all year. These holiday gatherings create memories that can last a lifetime, and you can also come together to reminisce about the old memories made from other times spent together. All the socializing and warm greetings all lead up to a homemade meal enjoyed with all your loved ones all around the dinner table.

The quality of the food can vary from good to awful, but the benefits of eating together as a family are always positive. According to the study, Share the Table: The State of Dinnertime in America, by Dr. William J. Doherty, eating together can lead to better work ethic, higher academic success, to even a less likeliness to use drugs. Also within this study, it found that most people too busy working and trying to get through school, and have less time to eat together. This is why Holiday meals are often the only time for people to unwind, talk, and catch up with loved ones. nmartinez.roundupnews@gmail.com

In addition to all the family fun, staying home for the holidays can also save you a lot of money. For the most part most people do a potluck with their family so you only have to make or bring one food item. Some less experienced in the culinary, even bring plastic cutlery and plates which is really inexpensive. And instead of going on a Holiday trip which according The Bureau of Transportation Statistics, can on average cost about between $353, to $700 during peak holiday time. When instead you can stay home and share even better experiences with your family that doesn't have to cost you anything.

In our age group as college students, we don't quite spend as much time with our family as we did when we were children growing up, and that's why it is even more important to halt our fast paced lives, and come together for the holidays.

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Family isn’t always black and white unlike all the Christmas movies of families being perfect or dysfunctional families coming together in unity. Because many families are incomplete or broken, it can be very hard to be in the same room as someone or people who you dislike. This can lead to banter and gossip amongst family members or all out feuds over who has the better Christmas sweater. However, the holidays should be spent with relaxation and not mischief. If going to family will only add stress, then do the opposite and get away from your family.

that it is so relaxing, it’ll urge you to return back to your daily life with a better, more positive attitude. Harvard Business Review says that half a billion vacation days went unclaimed last year. What better time to take a vacation than during the holidays? Although you have to deal with excess people and pricier plane tickets, the trade-off is worth it. Money doesn’t compare to learning a new culture in a new country, full nights of sleep, or mental clarity.

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Go on vacation. Use up those vacation or sick days. Having to worry about meeting deadlines, passing classes, or paying rent on time is enough to take a vacation. When on vacation you don’t have to worry about anything but figuring out how to have the most fun. If you continue to work on vacation, it just goes to show how needed said vacation is to relax.

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There’s the argument that if you go on vacation you won’t want to come back or you will come back lazier by being stuck in vacation mode. The Harvard Business report states that 94 percent of people who returned back from vacation returned with the same or more energy to their daily lives. The same study says that 55 percent of the returners came back with more energy than they left. Not only does it dispel the idea of coming back lazy but it proves that more than half come-back more ready to take on their lives. Artists: opportunity to revise unacceptable letters. The Pierce College Roundup will not publish, as letters, literary endeavors, publicity releases, poetry or other such materials as the Editorial Board deems not to be a letter. The deadline is 11:59 p.m. the Sunday prior to the issue date. or libelous and do not contain racial denigration. Writers are given the

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