Of course opening a store during the Christmas season isn't the easiest thing in the world. Employees were still learning the register system, store layout, policies, and so on. Customers of course expected everything to be a well-oiled machine. I spent most of my time at the front counter trying to keep the peace. Working the last four Christmas seasons helped build the experience needed to diffuse bad situations. If I learned one thing in retail it's how to nod respectfully while someone is yelling at me.. a skill that rarely comes up in a real job though.

Overall this Christmas was a complete blur. Adjusting to the new college+work schedule went better than expected, so well I don't even remember it happening. I racked my brain for anything that stood out about this holiday season and kept coming up blank.