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When looking for roommates, many people try to describe the level of social activity to be expected in the apartment. One such description that we have seen over and over goes something like “the roommates are cool with having friends over, but we do not expect the party to be brought home every night."

This, to us, reveals that most people who live with one or more roommates are looking for a somewhat social apartment life, but nothing that detracts from the apartment still being a pleasant sanctuary for its residents.

However, it is common, even for apartments of up to four people, especially during the week, to not see their friends and neighbors as much as they would like. It can be difficult to get people together because long office hours, living in different neighborhoods and early commute times tend to undermine motivation.

Just like after school, when your neighbors came by, rang the doorbell to see if you wanted to come out and run around the woods or play basketball, how nice would it be for friends to pop in after work to say hello, hang out for a bit and then head back to their own apartment. You don't want the precious few hours of relaxation that you have before you go to bed to look as painfully listless as this:

(photo courtesy of Mia Mabanta)

These two look as though they have almost completely transformed into their respective couches. They need some serious help.

In order to help keep your apartment living pleasantly exciting by bringing friends in the same city closer together, we are going to outline ways to get people over to your apartment that satisfies the aforementioned criteria of contained conviviality.

Thus, ThanksChristmas is hereby established to be the second Sunday following Thanksgiving; you may have missed it this year, but make sure you mark your calendars for Sunday, December 5, 2009.

Not only will ThanksChristmas Day fall on Repeal Day next year, but it will also share the day with the birth of notable Connecticut resident Richard DiChiara, who reportedly once “hit a guy so hard during a football game that he saw green for the rest of the day."

ThanksChristmas marks the official transition between Thanksgiving and Christmas. While the prevailing notion of appoints the ever popular Black Friday as the official beginning of the Christmas season, merrymakers would be advised delay their embrace for at least a week.

If we were Thanksgiving, we'd be a little put off to wake up the next morning and realize that those who had feasted in our name just the night before were now off pursuing more important holidays. Also, we are sure that Christmas is not too fond of its seasonal inception being the single most dangerous day of the year to be a consumer.

A proper celebration requires that Thanksgiving feast was so abundant, that its leftovers be edible for ten days. This will allow for the second Sunday to consist of finishing Thanksgiving leftovers and watching Christmas movies. This achieves a dual purpose: homage to the gluttony of Thanksgiving and an ushering in of festive Christmas season. A suitable desert would, of course, be the first 5 chocolates from an advent calendar.

This would be a great little holiday to recognize at your apartment. There will not be too many people to accommodate, no need to prepare food, and it's a good excuse to invite some friends over for a nice cozy evening of low key holiday appreciation.

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