Some may consider holiday rom-coms just another sugar-coated indulgence of the season, but I\u2019ve seen a lot of them, and when I think about what holiday classics like Love Actually, The Holiday, It\u2019s a Wonderful Life, Elf, Bridget Jones, and The Family Stone all have in common, it\u2019s pretty clear that the way love works around the holidays is a little different than it is the rest of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some tips that will help you enjoy the holidays and land the love of your life by New Year’s…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Stop hating the hottie, because he\u2019s probably the love of your life. 2. Stop being distracted by the hottie, because the love of your life is probably your best friend. 3. You\u2019re going to have to endure at least one melancholy evening alone amidst glowy Christmas lights. 4. Step up the cardio and wear comfy shoes. 5. Whatever career thing you\u2019re preoccupied with doesn\u2019t matter, what matters is love. 6. <\/strong>If you\u2019re so charming that you have to choose between two handsome and available men, open their Christmas gifts. 7. Your quirky best friend WILL fall in love with your newfound love\u2019s goofy assistant. 8. All of this is null and void if it doesn\u2019t start snowing when you finally kiss the love of your life. But don’t worry, you can try again in a couple months with an, \u201cI\u2019ve given up on love, so don\u2019t even bother\u201d Valentine\u2019s Day rom-com storyline. Spoiler alert, go for the clumsy neighbor who you can always call to fix your heater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hint: If a slow instrumental version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is playing the background, you\u2019re about to have a love-epiphany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":15730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[982],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dating-tips"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/strong>According to rom-coms, that devilishly handsome jerk that makes your life a living hell might actually have a heart of gold. You just have to wade through all of his childish bullcrap, drink a little too much wine, almost kiss him, have an existential crisis, and go through a personal tragedy to realize he\u2019s the one by your side when no one else is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>This directly contradicts dating tip #1, but what can I say, love is complicated. If you fall for the hottie, there\u2019s a real chance he\u2019ll overlook you completely and repeatedly take you for granted, while your completely platonic male best friend that you never even considered romantically is gazing at you with doe-eyed admiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>We can\u2019t help it, something about Christmas lights makes for a very introspective environment, and that\u2019s only magnified if you\u2019re love-sick. If a slow instrumental version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is playing the background, you\u2019re about to have a love-epiphany, so get your boots on and gear up for a sleigh bell fueled dash to the door of that hottie (or bestie, or whomever everyone but you has figured out is the love of your life already). Which brings me to the next lesson\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>You\u2019re going to have to out-run someone\u2019s cab to the airport. I\u2019m sorry, but it\u2019s just a given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>If your boss has been riding you, and you have to knock this one project out of the park to nail down That Big Promotion\u2122, be prepared to give up everything you\u2019ve been working for since the day you set foot out of college as soon as you realize what’s really important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>The guy that gives you a beautiful diamond necklace, although he means well, is just a rich a-hole in the end. You will have a fabulous, fairytale life full of galas and jets and a huge, gaping void somewhere in your heart-area. The guy that tracks down the rarest limited edition version of your favorite novel, complete with hand illustrations and a personal note from the author, now he\u2019s the one. Sure, he\u2019s rough around the edges, and you never even considered him in the beginning because he\u2019s marginally less conventionally attractive than guy #1, but this love will endure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>Don\u2019t worry, this won\u2019t happen until the end of the movie, so it won\u2019t take away from your emotional journey. But if throughout the holiday season you\u2019ve been shaking your head at your bestie\u2019s bumbling awkwardness, then oh man, it is SO happening for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>I don\u2019t care if you live in Alabama, love conquers all, even longstanding conventional climate trends. If this Christmas miracle doesn\u2019t happen, you\u2019re not really in love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n