christmas

We all know the Hallmark Christmas movie standard plot: big city girl tryna have it all has to go live in a small town right before Christmas, learns from the small-town folks to be happy with a simple life, falls in love with a down-to-earth local guy, and celebrates Christmas the way the Founding Fathers intended. By the end, she leaves her heathen, er, I mean, big-city life behind to stay in her new home for good. And it's great! Sometimes she goes somewhere besides a small town, but always somewhere outside her comfort zone where she can act lovably clueless so that her beau-of-the-people can roll his eyes and show her the RIGHT way to churn butter or whatever they do out there.

Sadly, as these ladies get humbled, so do their outfits. So let's take a look at how they look before they learn the true meaning of Christmas, and try to answer the age-old question: is happiness worth the boring clothes?

You've heard of the Grinch that stole Christmas, and now, here is the Grinch that stole the Christmas joy from a bunch of terrified kids. These funny pictures of kids being scared by the Grinch in an Instagram-worthy photo shoot have resulted in some hilarious holiday cards, at the cost of traumatized kids.

Don't you just love when the family gets together? After all the time apart, there's so much to catch up on, and so much love to go around. Or judgment. Maybe a little bit of both. Depending on the relative in question, you're either really hyped to see them or dreading being in the same room as them.

This holiday season is no different. It's time to refresh your memories when it comes to the best and worst relatives at every holiday dinner. We know it's a hard pill to swallow, but these people are integral to the reality of your life. You didn't choose 'em, but you're stuck with 'em for every holiday dinner till the end of time. Cheezcake babes, time to rip off the bandaid, get through it together, and celebrate our survival with hot toddies afterward!

The holiday season is a time when families come together to eat, argue, and remind you why you moved away in the first place. Part of the holiday fun nightmare is being forced to take some awkward photos in front of the Christmas tree that no one will ever look at again. Unless, of course, they are so uncomfortable and disturbing that they end up on the internet years later, like these creepily awkward photos.

Ugly Christmas sweater season is fast approaching. We all love to hate a good old ugly Christmas sweater, and one woman on Etsy is helping us do that in style. Deb makes the tackiest holiday sweaters you've ever seen and sells her creations on Etsy. She poses with the sweaters against a backdrop similar to those used in hostage situations, making her sweaters seem even worse! Here are some of her best (and by that, we mean worst) creations so that you can get one just in time for the holiday period.

If you need some inspiration at the beginning of a new decade, this twitter thread from @JustinHeckert will sure fill your tank. Just remember it's never too late to learn something new. 

When it comes to Christmas Trees, Steven Newland, from New Zealand, takes the cake! 

The creative Christmas Tree decorator is a pilot who puts tremendous effort into the festive tradition every year.

Starting off the tradition in 2005 with a "Christmas Rock," the family has certainly developed their Christmas Tree design over time. 

And in 2017, things started to get really interesting... 

The kids have spoken! And they want a lot. A lot.

Some kids had funny, and maybe even reasonable requests on their list. Reasonable to us, at least. 

Others are in a big, disappointing surprise when Santa doesn't bring them the new iPhone and other outrageously expensive items that were requested. 

"Remember folks, you can only lose the holiday party. You can't win the holiday party". So True! 

Asking for a friend, whose idea was it to place a Santa in every mall?

In a strange holiday tradition, parents will stand in line, at the mall, and pay money to place their children on a strangers lap for an awkward photo. 

So naturally, we needed to round up all the tweets about the experience: 

Looking For a Creative Christmas Gift Idea for homeowners who have it all already? The Little Brick Lane store on Etsy makes custom scale Lego home models of houses and they're pretty much perfect. As you would probably guess, they are fairly expensive with prices ranging from about $1,000 to $4,000.

This woman is making this holiday season (and past ones) special by leaving out snacks for any and all carrier drivers! In a now viral video shared on Facebook, you can see just how happy the Amazon delivery guy is to see those snacks left especially for him! 

And if this isn't what the holiday season is about then we just don't know what is. 

Kathy Ouma, what a lovely and simple idea to help make people's day -- we hope this idea will inspire others (and it did us) and become the new normal! 

'Tis the season! Folks are beginning to get into the holiday spirit and one of the first (and largest) signs of that is getting a big ol' Christmas tree! 

But what happens when dads go tree shopping alone? 

In this case, a series of hilarity ensues, in the form of iMessages. 

Thank you Twitter user, @RabbitThoughts, for bringing these...interesting stamps back into the limelight. 

We're really torn on how we feel about these vintage Christmas stamps from the 1800s.

On one hand, they're super strange and just the weirdest...

But on the other hand, they're amazing and hilarious and we have this urge to go out into the world and collect these stamps. 

One thing we do know for sure, we're in love with that one abominable snowman/ Snow-covered Cousin It, from the Addams Family.

How do you feel about them? 

Christmas is a merry time for everyone. Kids love getting presents, and parents love seeing their children filled with joy when they get awesome presents. But what about after Christmas, when the Christmas tree is just a burden that needs to be taken down, and the said presents are now annoying and loud? Anyone with children or younger siblings will understand this. We got the best stories from Reddit about the regrets after Christmas, and this thread is too hilarious to miss.  

Grab a tissue because these reactions to presents are quite emotional.