As soon as December hits, relationships seem to double throughout Colonie High. Is this just a coincidence? Students feel that if they are single, or do not have a “significant other,” they must run out and find them before the holidays begin. Usually, these relationships end up coming to a fall out, because they were never real to begin with. Maybe it’s the holiday music, the desire to exchange gifts, or the jealousy of love between characters Jack Campbell and Kate Reynolds in Romance movies such as The Family Man, but three in every four students at Colonie High say they wish to be in a relationship with another around this time.
When asked about her love life this holiday season, Nicole Cunningham, senior at Colonie High School, said she is glad she has the opportunity to spend it with her boyfriend, Nick Gentile. Melissa McGee, another senior at a Colonie High school, admits to sharing a pretend relationship with her best friend, Nick Marcella, who neither has a girlfriend at this time. They plan to exchange gifts with each other, just for the fun of it. When asked if this “relationship” will continue into January, Melissa replied with, “No, we’re just really good friends. We have no one to exchange gifts with, so we figured we might as well!” Many teenage girls feel the same way as Melissa. They all want a boyfriend to spend the holidays with, but in reality it is phony and a phase which only lasts a couple months. The proper relationship should have real feelings between each other, not created just because there is all of a sudden snow on the ground and Christmas music in the malls.
