It’s officially winter and that walk from the bus stop to your front door after school, or even the walk from your car door to your front door, can leave you fr-fr-freezing cold. You need to whip up something warm and delicious fast, so that you can cram in as much television watching and Facebook stalking as possible before your parents come home and enforce their draconian 30-minute max rule.

Here are three recipes that use every chef’s favorite kitchen gadget—no, not the spork—the microwave, which makes them super easy. They all take around a minute, which leaves you plenty of time to bend all the rules you want before the folks walk in the door.

We asked Sparkler Tanya_v for her tips on making noise at midnight. Now if you'll excuse us, we're off round up some safety pins! —SparkNotes editors

It’s New Year’s, and your house is filled with relatives, friends, casual acquaintances, and everyone else your parents decided to invite (and even a few that aren’t invited). When midnight rolls around, you want to make as much noise as possible. Well, read on, mes amies, for I am about to give you tips on how to get the most noise from your guests to mark the arrival of the new year:

Sparkler africanstardust is hilarious, and we love her use of "disappear" in the headline. Next time we get mad at someone, we're going to shout "Watch your back. I'm gonna disappear you!"  —SparkNotes editors

There's not that much info out there on how to destroy a cell phone (okay, there’s a lot, but still) when it acts stupid and makes you miss important calls and then your head explodes because it was a potential friend calling in that time-sensitive stage of friend-making and the friendship may now be messed up forever and abskhfiusfnsdfhschnickelfritz!!!!!!! Ahem. So. Here you go, how to destroy a phone:

If you're an overachiever (and we know so many of you are), you've already bought all of your gifts. But you're not done. You still need to wrap them. Whether big or small, bought or homemade, your gifts will cry out for some decorative and festive paper applied in a slick and orderly fashion. But some of us are a bit wrapper-challenged. No matter how hard we try, our gifts turn out looking less than perfect. Fear not: we've put together a helpful guide. Just follow these 8 easy steps and next thing you know people will be calling you Martha Stewart (and they'll mean it as a compliment).

YES! School is canceled because of snow! After you finish happy dancing in your PJs you’re totally going to…um, well, what? Your friends are trapped at their houses, your younger siblings are out playing in the snow, and apparently The Tyra Show and Everybody Loves Raymond are the only two shows on during the day. What to do? We have three suggestions.

As you might have noticed, we love a heartwarming holiday flick as much as the next literature-obsessed semi nerd. But sometimes all the good cheer and wholesomeness on display in these movies start to feel as stale as last year's candy cane.

Thankfully, over the years, several weirdo filmmakers have taken it upon themselves to craft Christmas movies for those with slightly off-kilter sensibilities. Here’s our list of favorite yuletide movies that add a welcome twist to the familiar, feel-good holiday fare.

Along with the many privileges granted to you in your teen years (driving!) come a few responsibilities that you might make you long for your toddler years. For example, when you were a kid, it was acceptable for you to play in a separate room while the adults gabbed, reminisced, and were boring. But as a teenager, you’re expected to join the discussion. Or more precisely, you’re expected to nibble on pretzels in silence while the "grownups" talk around you. The problem only gets worse over the holidays, when prolonged visitation by extended family brings many opportunities for mind-numbing discussion. What can you do?

Here are some possible scenarios and suggestions for how you can cope with them.

After you've paid your family dues this holiday season, consider hosting a White Elephant Party with your friends. It's incredibly easy to organize, it's a great way to get people together, and it's perfect for the holiday season. What's more: It's hilarious. Here's how it works:

For something so basic, eating is strangely particular. Everyone has his or her likes and dislikes when it comes to food, but there are some people who take personal eating preferences into the realm of pickiness. Be it for health reasons, religious demands, or just plain old taste, being picky about food is something that some folks can’t help. If you’re one of those picky eaters, you know that when you go to a party, your eating habits can become an issue. Here’s how to deal with it gracefully:

Tell the host—Warning the host about your preferences will let him/her plan for your needs, if he can, and also prevent any hurt feelings if you don’t try his spinach soufflé.

Everyone gets a zits now and then, even that girl who has perfectly smooth skin 99% of the time. But what do you do with that zit, the kind no amount of coverup will hide? Do you leave it be, hoping that it will sink down and disappear on its own? Or do you attack it with all of your finger-pinching might? In other words, to pop, or not to pop? That is the question.