I'm asking to be left to my exile (Christmas will be Day Eleven) in peace. I've decided, unless circumstances change matters, to spend the entire five weeks of my winter break in service of my autistic tendencies. Social contact and interaction will be severely curtailed after a semester of group projects, forced "networking" events, and other socialization that, with a month left to go before finals, has me quite thoroughly mentally and emotionally exhausted and just trying to exist in survival mode.
To hell with Christmas---I've been estranged from my family for 11 years now.