Written By: Ella Madison
Don’t be a Grinch this Christmas Season. Make your dorm a home with this Christmas Decor Amazon list! Do you miss your family’s annual Christmas decor? Does your new living quarters make you feel a little out of place as the holidays approach? There is a solution to that! Warm up your dorm and raise the spirits of you and your roommates with some homey Christmas decorations!
Staple Pieces of Christmas
Here at The University of Northwestern, students have the amazing blessing of spacious, beautiful dorms. Students can decorate their dorms to feel more like a home using a few staple pieces as listed in the attached Amazon list. Staple pieces such as Christmas tree pillows, wreaths for your dorm door, and Christmas lights to bring some festivity to the walls of your dorm, and more, can bring the nostalgic feel to your dorm you’re missing.
Mental Health Benefits
With the stress of wrapping up the semester and finals approaching, Christmas decorations can improve mental health and boost your mood! According to Dr. Steve McKeown, Christmas decorations increase feelings of nostalgia and can help people recall positive memories (Quora, 2019).
“People who get in the festive spirit and put up the Christmas decorations sooner rather than later are generally more excited by life.” – Dr. Steve McKeown
Feelings of nostalgia can keep you feeling warm and happy when it is cold and bitter outside. Looking at the snow out of your window through a curtain of festive lights creates a much better experience than just plain old snow through a cold window. Christmas also symbolizes hope and peace, having reminders of this Holiday in your dorm with decorations can also increase the feelings of hope and peace within oneself. Creating a home-like feel in your dorm can reduce stress and anxiety for students, which can make studying and sleeping easier, resulting in better work in school. Christmas decor improves the overall student experience!
The List
We all know that during Christmas time lists are very important. I’ve made a list for you! Throw on some Christmas music, grab your laptop, and take a look through this list to see what Christmas pieces speak to you, make you feel nostalgic, and remind you of the joy of Christmas! Click the link below, happy shopping!
