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Campus towns come alive in ways only locals understand. Holiday charm isn't just about the end of finals and the season's first snow, it’s concerts echoing through old halls, cider under string lights, and the city exhaling as the semester winds down. In every city we call home, traditions take center stage. Chicago's Hyde Park welcomes the season with candlelight and chorus at Rockefeller Chapel. In New Haven, The Harvard vs Yale game reunites generations of Yale athletics fans to rally against their rivals. And Philadelphia runs toward the holidays with the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend, while in Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University’s Lighting of the Quads illuminates both campus and community. Whether you’re visiting, returning, or simply passing through, this time of year has a way of reminding us what makes campus life special: it never stops giving people a reason to gather.