You know how Christmas day is supposed to be the best day of the year? It seems that nothing could go wrong when you're spending some relaxing time with your family, unwrapping the many presents that you've got with your tummy stuffed with delicious foods. Well, as with everything in life, not even the Christmas spirit is safe from being ruined by some epic fails and turning into the worst day ever.
It turns out that Christmas is only merry until you sink your teeth into a soap lobster thinking it's chocolate. Or until you shatter your glass table and your entire dinner ends up on the floor. The beauty of the internet, however, is that no matter what kind of funny fails happen to you, no matter the bad luck that has been dealt for you, you can always browse it to find someone who's having it worse. Bored Panda has compiled a list of hilarious photos of people who probably wish to forget their Christmas (or at least parts of it), and they will make yours look 10/10. So scroll down to check the merry people whose holidays turned into some sick Christmas jokes below!
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Thanks, Aunt!
Clean inside and out. But I'm confused how the smell didn't tell her it was a soap and not chocolate.
Maybe they were strawberry or cherry scented and she thought it was a new candy treat, not chocolate? Or maybe it's just meant to be funny. I laughed. 😁
Load More Replies...That's not a present. That's an impressive long-con on your aunt's part.
Your aunt in Maine is diabolical. She has been plotting this for years!!!
Clearly, her aunt has been planning this for years. Many years of similar-looking chocolate led the OP to naturally believe that this year is no different!
My Parents Made My Wife A Stocking For Christmas
I hope that's not what it is. My sister-in-law (husband's sister, not brother's wife) is in the process of separating from her husband. One of the problems was that he would not stand up for her when his parents would passive aggressively abuse and belittle her. There were other problems, but seriously, this can be a big, big problem.
Load More Replies...You were wondering where you lost it. Congratulations! You found it! ♥
Load More Replies...And you as a husband should have made it bloody well known that this was not acceptable! What is wrong with men nowadays? Grow a pair and take up for your wife or you may lose her to someone who does have a pair and refuses to have a family treat her lesser than they.
So true some men just will never stand-up for their wives. They don't deserve to have wife.
Load More Replies...Those Crazy Kids Messing With The Neighbor's Merry Christmas Decoration
Anyone wanna party at Mr. Creamy Shits' house on the eve of Christmas Eve? I heard he makes some mean spkied eggnog.
Well, There Goes Christmas Lunch
It's still good! It just is a little dirty with shards of glass, but it's still good! Just kidding!
Yeah, just get some tweezers and pick out the glass. It's all good.
Load More Replies...It was hot in Australia for Christmas. ( 30 to 42C )...so the other way around. But yeah thermal shock would do it. Or as someone else said " toss me another bottle of beer" => oh s...t
Load More Replies...Merry Christmas
This happened to me one year. It broke several glass Christmas bulbs that had been my great grandmother's. I was so upset.
Load More Replies...I own 2 cats. 200 pound fishing line with 3 seperate eye hook wall anchors, haven't lost a tree in 25 years.
Exactly! We learned our lesson one year with a litter of kittens. They would either climb up the tree and jump over to the drapes (it was a rental), or vice versa.
Load More Replies...This is why all our ornaments are plastic. PLASTIC, people. With four cats, we've been using the same ones for seven years. Just a few minutes ago, I was heating up some hot chocolate and saw our biggest boy Pebre (about 6.5 kg of pure black fluff) run up to the tree, rip off an ornament, and run away gleefully. I also have to say that we don't really mind finding ornaments strewn around or the tree toppled over every now and then because our cats are spoiled brats and these few weeks of holiday cheer make them happy.
Starting Christmas On The Wrong Foot
Brand New Christmas Decorations, Dog Did Not Approve
looks like a serial killer's room. Dog has to be innocent and kidnapped, I'll inform the police just in case. :)
Who needs Christmas decorations when you have a vintage diving helmet, though?
The Holiday Season Means Bottomless Egg Nog
this happened to me with a mug of hot chocolate, i was stunned for like 2 minutes while my brain workout what I'm looking at, perfect circle through the bottom of the mug, hot choc everywhere
Now I don' t feel quite so stupid...I just did this with a glass of hot tea and honey. What a mess. My husband: does "tempered glass" mean anything to you??
Load More Replies...Old glass material, maybe? Who knows... Sometimes, your glasses and bottles just give up. I'll never forget a scene when I was a kid. I was making myself one of those instant powdered drinks to mix with water when suddenly BOOM! The glass exploded into a million pieces. I wasn't experimenting anything and I wasn't hitting the glass too strong with the spoon. And it was cold water and the quantity of the power wasn't excessive. But the glass was a bit old, I guess.
Load More Replies...I'm Spending Christmas At My Australian GF's Parents Place. Brushing My Teeth In The Morning I Look Up And This Is What I See On The Inside Of The Window. I Love The Weather Here, But **** That
this is pretty normal here in Australia... especially if living in Queensland. Welcome!! ;) :D
They were everywhere when I lived in Sydney! Huntsmen didn't really bother me. The funnel web building a web on the sliding back door freaked me out though!!! lol
Load More Replies...It's just a Huntsman. They don't bite and generally enter our homes before a storm hits. More scared of us then we should be of it. :)
They actually DO bite!! lol My friend had one bite her face when she tried to swat it away in her sleep. At least she killed it right after. About a month later, I found one in my bedroom. Went to get bug spray & it was gone when I came back. Made sleeping difficult for awhile!!
Load More Replies...Yep! That's why I don't take my eyes off it and yell out for someone to help. And if you're home alone, you're pretty much screwed.
Load More Replies...Christmas Dinner Is Ruined
and that kids is why we don't allow things with wheels inside the house!
I Was Putting Up Christmas Lights On My Roof A While Back When This Happened...
I am going to take a nap....... I am going to take a nap right here .....good night! said the ladder
Not buying it. A ladder with no snake? Ridiculous. Oh, and for the confused Americans out there, there's no chute, either.
What to do when you’re stuck on a roof? Step 1: Take a picture on your phone Step 2: Scream for help
Me too, what kind of christmas lights did he want to put up??
Load More Replies...My Mom Left $300 Unattended, My Nephew (Special Little Kid) Thought It Was Just Papers. Merry Christmas, Mom
There’s something odd about this picture. Dollar bills don’t rip like that. Real money is not that thick and it rips without any white layer showing. Just sayin’.
The kid is 9 now, and will never live this down. Dad will tell the story at his wedding.
you think he's gonna get married?
Load More Replies...Neighbor Just Tried To Throw His Christmas Tree From The Balcony. Not Sure Where It Should’ve Landed Ideally
I don't understand these people.. Honestly, what's the problem to throw stuff where it is supposed to be thrown? And also, it's a great tree. If you don't need it anymore, don't throw it out of the window but give it to someone.
Maybe he didn't want to take it out down on the stairs and have to clean up the staircase afterwards, from all the needles. And he would've, of course, take it out of the garden and dispose of it properly. I'm still hoping for this.
Load More Replies...I have piggish neighbours like that: whenever they no longer need something(it could be anything, from onion peels, to dead house plants), they throw it out of their goddamn window... The bin is 100 feet away. I live in a country of retards.
It was big brother tree saving his younger sibling from a nasty fall.
I Ummmm... Uhhhhh... Merry Christmas!
The dog still looks shocked by the way the Grinch ruined your Christmas.
He thought the book was for him and he can't read, so eat the book instead
I Bought My Dog An Advent Calender, Who Then Explored All 24 Days Of Christmas While I Was Pumping Gas
Ok, I know that I'll be downvoted (again), but... WHY do people buy advent's calendars for their dogs? And what is in these ('cause it cannot be chocolate...). And what is it for? What's the point of having advent calendar if you do not open it by yourself? Can't you just each day give your dog something yummy? I'm sorry it's not like I want to be rude or something - I just really do not understand.
1. Why would you buy your dog an advent calendar? 2. Why would you leave anything with dog treats with your dog unsupervised and think it would survive?
You can NEVER trust a dog around anything edible. Looks like another candidate for a Dog Shaming.
I once got so made at my sister that I ate a whole advent calendar and hid it under a window seat cushion.
Christmas Toy, Meet Dog’s Water Bowl. Dog’s Water Bowl, Meet Christmas Toy
But I would not have closed the bag that would trap the moisture I would have left it open
Load More Replies...Yep--it should be OK..saved a friend's undeveloped film from a trip to the Grand Canyon that got soaked in her cooler. After about a week, she sent them in and they turned out perfect!
I did that with my phone recently, i put it in rice for 12 hours still didn't work, 48 hours later out of the rice it was back to normal, all working fine.
I've heard that you can use those silica packets that sometimes come in with your medications. I'm glad you got your phone working,
Load More Replies...I Forgot About The Chicken
This is what my great-grandmother would call "nut-brown" chicken. :D
Hid The Ham From The Dog In The Oven. On A Plastic Carving Tray. Turned The Oven On To Preheat For The Roast Turkey
Whose dog was in the oven, and why did it give you a ham? That seems excessive even for Christmas.
Serves you right! And a lesson not to hide anything from dog in the future ! Signed Marzena's Dog Boris.
So no ham OR Turkey for you this year. I bet the dog is thinking "that will teach ya"
Why The Wife Says We Can No Longer Have A Real Christmas Tree
I will not have a real tree until I have a handsome house boy to clean up after it!
I wonder why people keep cutting trees for Christmas. Do they have any idea it takes about 7 years to grow that high? Poor tree....get an artificial one or a potted tree and plant it somewhere.
Artifical one is ecologicaly better only after 40 years of use sooooo...
Load More Replies...I've had days like this then I turned to an artificial tree and these days are gone.
Let’s Skip Christmas This Year
The perils of a stubborn man's insistence to carry alllllll the groceries in at once.
I am reading these late at night and things are blurring. I thought I was reading "The penis of a stubborn man..."
Load More Replies...How did multiple tvs and a fully decorated Christmas tree end up like this?
Got An Interesting Package In The Mail Today. I Have No Idea Who Sent It... Merry Christmas I Guess
Can't show the word... but can show "it".... oh the irony of bored panda.
Is it an insult? Or does the sender know they like chocolate and d***s?
Found On Snapchat. Someone Got A Great Christmas Present
It makes me want to cry when I saw this...I lost my sweet little Yorkie Jenna 14 months ago to epilepsy and she was just 7 years old. I miss her every day. What was your Mom thinking? She has to be on Santa's VERY naughty list.
So sorry you lost her. But you will always have memories and she will always be with you in spirit.
Load More Replies...I'm so sorry for the loss of your dog! That is so hard. Plus your mom's a b***h.
What a gal! You better run far from home while you are still young, the S--t is starting to begin.
Could have been worse. My aunt gave my mom my dad's ex's photo. She gave it to my brother, she was his mom.
Christmas Disaster Bad Enough, The Dog Took Down The Tree. He Ate His Bed As Well
Yep, This Just Happened! Very Lucky To Have No Injuries, Just Shattered About My Christmas Ham, Haha
So many of these here. Makes you never want to buy a glass table.
Load More Replies...So... This Is What Happened To My Real Tree This Year. Not A Needle Left On When We Heaved Her Out The Back Door
Live Christmas tress start being cut on the farms around the end of October. If you live in a warm climate or a long way from where they are grown you are going to get this. If you are going to by a live tree wait until about a week before Christmas, no more than that. Cut about 2" off the bottom of the tree before putting it in the stand. Keep water in the stand - a 4-6' tree will suck up as much as a quart a day, if it isn't then it's not very fresh. Check the water every day. Finally, don't keep a live tree up past New Year's. By that time, no matter what you have done, it is drying out and is ready to burn like a bomb. The shedding doesn't matter, the burning does.
Got A Eucalyptus Tree For Christmas
...sure... that's why they are called koala bears, and will eat your face.... right or wrong.... thank you for that low key stab of "fact".
Load More Replies...Those trees have a nickname where I live... widowmaker... I'll give you one guess why.
Merry Christmas To Me! My Secret Pal Gift At Work Included Live Roaches And Roach Droppings
Can you imagine what this person's house must be like inside, if they don't even realize they're wrapping up roaches and their droppings...
That is the present. Did you not see roaches in the bag?
Load More Replies...Oh no, worse than that spider imo. Booking my ticket out of the US now. I'm going to space to live.
0_o Glad they were secret. I would *not* want to know whose roach-infested pit of a home that came from. That is *nasty*.
Enjoy Your Special Christmas Waffles, Kids!
When I saw it I thought it was the bottom surface of a chewed-off car carpet.
My first thought was, they could fasten few of those together and make a doormat.
Load More Replies...Why all the fuss over this? Black (charcoal) food is all the rage among hipsters. Oh wait, you mean I'm not the only one who thinks that's a really stupid fad?
My Christmas Present
That really sucks. I know it’s just material things, but I feel bad for that person. I bet they were really happy when they opened it.
Not being able to get use out of an awesome gift sucks, and there's nothing wrong with being upset about that.
Load More Replies...Shoot! I thought that was a screensaver 😅 poor person, I hope they had insurance for it. Or at least had a good Christmas otherwise.
That's what you get for buying your shelf hooks from the dollar store. Seriously, I had some that kept falling, so I went to Home Depot and got some Command hooks, what I should have done in the first place. Nothing got broken, though.
Hooray for Command products! I do not have Command products, I live in the Netherlands. It is available to get here (just looked that up), but I did not hear about it until this year. But got to know someone in the US who has a box full of Command products, especially the clips! She always forgets she has them and then buys new ones when she sees them, while she already has so many, lol!
Load More Replies...If they bought it with some VISA cards, they will cover a new purchase or they did like 2 years ago, the stone fell out of a ring days after purchase, covered it.
Just About Died Getting This Up And None Of The Lights Work
Test before you install. Hasn't National lampoon Christmas vacation thought us anything.
We watch that everyyyyy Christmas thanks to my dad lol it is a great movie though (I personally think Vegas Vacation was the best). Something I've always wondered and maybe you'll know, why is the beginning of the title called "National Lampoon"?
Load More Replies...ohhhhh heres comes me a screaming karen into the store where i bought those lights
Didn't plug them in first then install, not just to test but for correct length?
One Of My Girlfriend's Gifts Arrived Like This Just Days Before Christmas...
OH NO, NOT THE HARRY POTTER STUFF!! My daughter gave me ALL Harry Potter stuff for Christmas this year [she knows me so well] I would have been devastated if this had been something of mine!
Or careless? Oops, I dropped it. Maybe they won't notice.
Load More Replies...My Parents Came Home To Their Christmas Tree This Morning
This Morning Some Kids Decided To Set Fire To My Boat. Merry Christmas
Hope you caught them...they need to get you a new one...or their parents!
This is why some people can't have nice things. Other people get jealous...
This isn't jealousy. Jealousy would be stealing the thing. This is... bad parenting.
Load More Replies...Jeez, get yourself a security camera! People that bad need to be caught
Got A New Wallet For Christmas, But They Forgot Something...
It will keep your money safe even after someone steals your wallet
Isn't it bad luck to give someone a wallet/purse without money already in it?
You'd think the store alarm would go off alerting the staff to cut off the damn security tag
It did, but they were too busy chasing down the lady who was stealing the 50" big screen TV.
Load More Replies...Some security devices contain a dye pack that explodes when the wire is cut or during any other attempted removal. That dye is permanent, even on skin. If it is determined to be magnetic, simply use a strong magnet to open it. Best to take it back to store for their removal if not sure.
Load More Replies...I got a pair of jeans that still had the plastic security tag on it. the store is 2000 miles away.
Breaking Mom's Oven On Christmas Eve Surely Reminded Her Of Two Things: 1. I'm Her Favourite Child; 2. Always Have A Backup Roast Ready
Who makes a backup roast? "I had a feeling you'd break the oven, so I made one last night, just in case. We can have the one I was planning to cook in the New Year. Oh, and you're grounded, you little s**t."
And you had better believe that you’re paying for a new oven.
Load More Replies...Maybe a backup kid could be a good idea, just in case I decide I've had enough of this one.
What is with all these all glass oven doors? The only glass on my oven is a window that you can peek into the oven to see how things are going. Nothing big enough to just shatter like that.
“Mom, do you have the Open Table app on your phone by any chance? Why am I asking? Ummmm, no reason....”
My Dogs Just Knocked Over My Christmas Tree
My cat did this the very first day my mom put her new gorgeous tree topper on top.....guess who only got to see the tree topper for one day???
Ok to clarify: unstable trees can fall on a cat or small dog and break their spines. Cats are fascinated by tinsel and can eat it, leading to major gut problems. They can also walk on or try to eat broken glass ornaments, leading to cuts on the feet, face, mouth and severe problems if they manage to actually swallow it. Cats and dogs do not understand things like " do not climb on this ". Christmas trees and decorations are just irresistible to them.
Load More Replies...Is it me or does that angel ornament sticking , look like a hand and the face plant of the tree topper angel just makes it more like that.
*Dog 1 to Dog 2*: "Hey Rufus watch that fool on top do a face plant".
Got A Flat Tire Last Night Over The Christmas Holidays, Nowhere Is Open To Fix It
Actually I've got exactly that same problem yesterday. Still waiting for the tire repair shop to open.
10 Foot Tall Christmas Tree Fell Over Today...
I've learned to anchor the tree on the sides as well, into a corner.. used to have 14' trees!
All our trees are alive and outside..and they are very happy! We have about 400.
Glass Bomb
haha. We tried. Ours was closed. Not for Xmas but for a wedding.
Load More Replies...I messed up and set Pyrex on the stove and the burner was on and it shattered
My dad did that on purpose because he didn’t think it would hurt lol
Load More Replies...My Morning So Far:
slept in 30 minutes; discovered the coffee beans I bought with a Christmas gift card are decaf; then this happened when I tried to pour the beans back into the bag
The beans being decaf is the real bummer. Beans falling on the counter? You sweep them up and put them back in the bag. That's not a huge deal.
There is a time and a place for decaf. Never, and down the drain.
Waited In A 2 Hour Line For This Pic
And for those that don't celebrate Christmas happy holidays to the rest of you
Load More Replies...I thought getting mostly clothes was sad on Christmas. I feel lucky now.
I’ve never understood why people have those glass tables. Every bad thing that happened is exactly why you shouldn’t have them!
had one when the kids were young; after it broke (NOT due to the kids...), never again.
Load More Replies...If you have kids and pets and bring a glass ball covered tree into the house thin it's kind of your own fault . Just calm down and clean it up .
What’s the worst gift you’ve ever recieved? My was obviously the tissues that my Grandma gave to me on my birthday. 12 PACKETS OF DISNEY TISSUES, so my family and I proceed to hide them in eachother’s rooms. My cousins and brother and I got tissues for Christmas. Absolutely wonderful.
from these posts we can tell that there's many dogs and cats hate Christmas tree
Pretty sure I'm having the worst Christmas. My dad died on Christmas Eve and my dog is getting put to sleep on Boxing Day...
How did this even happen?My biggest christmas disaster was my cat knocking plate with christmas sweets off table xD xD
And for those that don't celebrate Christmas happy holidays to the rest of you
Load More Replies...I thought getting mostly clothes was sad on Christmas. I feel lucky now.
I’ve never understood why people have those glass tables. Every bad thing that happened is exactly why you shouldn’t have them!
had one when the kids were young; after it broke (NOT due to the kids...), never again.
Load More Replies...If you have kids and pets and bring a glass ball covered tree into the house thin it's kind of your own fault . Just calm down and clean it up .
What’s the worst gift you’ve ever recieved? My was obviously the tissues that my Grandma gave to me on my birthday. 12 PACKETS OF DISNEY TISSUES, so my family and I proceed to hide them in eachother’s rooms. My cousins and brother and I got tissues for Christmas. Absolutely wonderful.
from these posts we can tell that there's many dogs and cats hate Christmas tree
Pretty sure I'm having the worst Christmas. My dad died on Christmas Eve and my dog is getting put to sleep on Boxing Day...
How did this even happen?My biggest christmas disaster was my cat knocking plate with christmas sweets off table xD xD
