Christmas has many constants—those traditional, steadfast hallmarks of December—but these constants may be more individual than we think. As a military family, we have a few regular holiday traditions, but most of our Christmases took on the shape of our situation. I’ve been able to see Christmas...

Diana Lynde, 20, recently returned to a junior year at Columbia College after a semester spent in Dortmund, Germany. Her current fields of study are communication, philosophy, and business administration, but they could easily change tomorrow. Favorite locations include moving trains, coffee shops,...