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Jimmy Fallon Asked People To Share Their Dumb Holiday Traditions, And The Responses Are Hilariously Entertaining
Every family has their own cherished and beloved holiday traditions, but for some, a handful of hopelessly 'dumb' ones remain alive and kicking as well. Jimmy Fallon, the master of hashtags, helped us deck the halls this week by encouraging Tonight Show viewers to share the most downright questionable Christmas traditions their families are still practicing each year. #MyDumbTradition participants delivered, and here at Bored Panda, we thought it would be a bit of festive fun to gather the best responses together into a big, 'dumb' list for your viewing pleasure. Scroll down to see them all, and be sure to vote for the ones that your own family shamefully (or shamelessly) carries on.
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Ehren Thomsen 7 years ago
The fact that your daughters are already/almost adults and they still love it is proof of how totally AWESOME this tradition is!
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Sierra Hall 7 years ago
My husband tried to talk our daughter into pizza and beer this year. I told him Santa can't get caught with a fui (flying under the influence).
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Zori the degu 7 years ago
My sister would take a very cruel advantage of such tradition. And so would I.
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Misterscooter 7 years ago
Does the Gingerbread family know they only have a week or so to live?
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mindfkr 7 years ago
"Officer Schauf, our investigation into the dwindling supply of evidence bags has led directly to you."
jbingham 7 years ago
Maybe he uses old used ones so as to not draw that kind of attention. Just ignore the dried blood gun imprint and enjoy your new Furby!
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Paul K. Johnson 7 years ago
I work in a hospital. I should do the same thing using Biohazard bags. :)
Lodogg 3323 7 years ago
Gee, thanks dad... always wanted a kilo of cocaine. 2 weeks later at a trial... The people would like to put into evidence item A, a Malibu Barbie....??? Wait, what??? Where's the cocaine???
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David Ankenbauer 7 years ago
Reminds me of a Thanksgiving with my ex in-laws. As we clasped hands standing around the coffee table, I looked down, and got tickled. The overhead view of that same pilgrim looked as if he were an aroused pilgrim. Try it sometime.
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Zori the degu 7 years ago
At least, it's not the petrified gnome in a tutu Fred and George used as a Christmas tree top (for those who don't get it, it's a moment from the Harry Potter books).
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Zori the degu 7 years ago
I love the stories behind some of those traditions. Something that first seemed unimportant escalated into a whole tradition. And it's called a tradition for a reason! Just imagine, some of those might exist for a few more centuries to come! God knows what legends would be made about the creation of those traditions! It would be weird, don't you think?
CatShatBrix 7 years ago
These were great! They were creative, and have meaningful backstories behind them. Thanks BP!
makenzie stephenson 7 years ago
Our Christmas Tradition is that every year my grandma hides a nail in the tree like the nail Jesus was hung on the cross by and there is always a competition to see who can find it first though no reward. The only reward is bragging rights. Quite fun love it lots. Oh we also go on a scavenger hunt around the entire town and sometimes out side of town it's a lot of fun
Ayra 7 years ago
Living in Germany we have the presents on Chrismas Eve, normally after dinner. When I was younger, my family would find an excuse to sent me out of the room to make the presents miraculously appear, from the "Christkind" (we don't do Santa here). After I found out it was them we still conitue that tradition and it converted to me saying that I have to "powder my nose" and leave for the bathroom long enough ^_^ Oh and when we open the gifts we all start with trying to guess what's inside by feeling it through the wrapping paper and saying that it's a vinyl for sure!
Deborah B 6 years ago
We have a small toy trash can that says 'you've ruined christmas'. Originally it also had a certificate that said "congratulations, you made baby jesus cry", now lost, but the trashcan is kept with the christmas decorations. Anyone 'ruining' christmas with a bad mood, excessive sarcasm, starting a fight, being offensive in anyway, gets the trashcan, which they have to keep until they can pass it on to the next offender. It usually gets tossed across the room with a shouted "[offence]! ruining christmas!". One time it was tossed too enthusiaticly, and hit the recipient (my sister) in the face, only to be imediately thrown back with the cry of "Hitting your sister in the face with a trashcan! Ruining christmas!" In a large family with several instigators, more than one grump, divorced parents and birthday on christmas day, it's a fun way of squashing comflicts and bad behaviour without starting fights.
KrisF 7 years ago
Our tradition growing up was we played "find the pickle" with the winner getting to open their present first. Well, my parents had to hide it on the tree first, so we we had to wait on the stairs until we were allowed to go down. They used to make us pay for waking them up early by making us wait while they were drinking coffee, having snacks, changing laundry, etc.
Lynette Orr 7 years ago
I thought the prosthetic leg was a representation of the leg lamp in the Christmas movie! 😀
Lisa Shaw 7 years ago
When we were kids my brother started stealing my own stuff and wrapping it up with whatever he could find to give it back to me on christmas. There were quite a few years where I got my own barbies and easy bake oven dishes back wrapped in saran wrap, dog poop bag, paper napkin from Mcdonalds, tin foil and 1 of my own t-shirts. He kept it up for a number of years as we got older and got my kids in on the act to help him "steal" something of Mom's to give back to me on christmas. My kids are grown and he's lived abroad for a number of years, but it was always interesting to get my own cutlery, antique dolls and random shoes back for christmas!
Joanne Grant 7 years ago
When my boys were young i would carefully put fishing line in the tree and rig it up discreetly to a fishing bell.... than stream the fishing line along the back of the couch, stapling it to the length of back of couch, sometimes along the entire length of livingroom so that all i had to do was slightly tug the end of the line when the boys started squabbling . They would stop their argument to stare mesmorized at the tree convinced Santas elves were seeing if they were naughty or nice. Christmas season was the most happiest and quietest time of year.....for mom and dad. Kept the innocence of believing in Santa going for some time with this tactic. Kids grown now but talk about it.
judy lamantia 7 years ago
This was delightful. Made me smile and laugh out loud. Thanks for the giggles!
Chuck Bartowski 7 years ago
My family roasts one person each year by writing them "Twelve Days of Christmas" parody based on things that they've either done or like. For example, my mother loves horses and so her fifth day was "Five prancing ponies"
Bunzilla 7 years ago
On our tree, we have something called the 'Sin Bird'. It's a black oystercatcher bird from Steiff. It has its own nest, with foil covered chocolate balls as eggs that are probably around 20 years old by now. Anyway, the Sin Bird gets put up near the top of the tree, positioned to look as if it's eyeballing everyone in the room, ever watchful for 'sin' (aka, bad behaviour, we're not religious). Every year, everyone teases everyone else that 'The Sin Bird has its eye on youuuu'.
Zori the degu 7 years ago
I love the stories behind some of those traditions. Something that first seemed unimportant escalated into a whole tradition. And it's called a tradition for a reason! Just imagine, some of those might exist for a few more centuries to come! God knows what legends would be made about the creation of those traditions! It would be weird, don't you think?
CatShatBrix 7 years ago
These were great! They were creative, and have meaningful backstories behind them. Thanks BP!
makenzie stephenson 7 years ago
Our Christmas Tradition is that every year my grandma hides a nail in the tree like the nail Jesus was hung on the cross by and there is always a competition to see who can find it first though no reward. The only reward is bragging rights. Quite fun love it lots. Oh we also go on a scavenger hunt around the entire town and sometimes out side of town it's a lot of fun
Ayra 7 years ago
Living in Germany we have the presents on Chrismas Eve, normally after dinner. When I was younger, my family would find an excuse to sent me out of the room to make the presents miraculously appear, from the "Christkind" (we don't do Santa here). After I found out it was them we still conitue that tradition and it converted to me saying that I have to "powder my nose" and leave for the bathroom long enough ^_^ Oh and when we open the gifts we all start with trying to guess what's inside by feeling it through the wrapping paper and saying that it's a vinyl for sure!
Deborah B 6 years ago
We have a small toy trash can that says 'you've ruined christmas'. Originally it also had a certificate that said "congratulations, you made baby jesus cry", now lost, but the trashcan is kept with the christmas decorations. Anyone 'ruining' christmas with a bad mood, excessive sarcasm, starting a fight, being offensive in anyway, gets the trashcan, which they have to keep until they can pass it on to the next offender. It usually gets tossed across the room with a shouted "[offence]! ruining christmas!". One time it was tossed too enthusiaticly, and hit the recipient (my sister) in the face, only to be imediately thrown back with the cry of "Hitting your sister in the face with a trashcan! Ruining christmas!" In a large family with several instigators, more than one grump, divorced parents and birthday on christmas day, it's a fun way of squashing comflicts and bad behaviour without starting fights.
KrisF 7 years ago
Our tradition growing up was we played "find the pickle" with the winner getting to open their present first. Well, my parents had to hide it on the tree first, so we we had to wait on the stairs until we were allowed to go down. They used to make us pay for waking them up early by making us wait while they were drinking coffee, having snacks, changing laundry, etc.
Lynette Orr 7 years ago
I thought the prosthetic leg was a representation of the leg lamp in the Christmas movie! 😀
Lisa Shaw 7 years ago
When we were kids my brother started stealing my own stuff and wrapping it up with whatever he could find to give it back to me on christmas. There were quite a few years where I got my own barbies and easy bake oven dishes back wrapped in saran wrap, dog poop bag, paper napkin from Mcdonalds, tin foil and 1 of my own t-shirts. He kept it up for a number of years as we got older and got my kids in on the act to help him "steal" something of Mom's to give back to me on christmas. My kids are grown and he's lived abroad for a number of years, but it was always interesting to get my own cutlery, antique dolls and random shoes back for christmas!
Joanne Grant 7 years ago
When my boys were young i would carefully put fishing line in the tree and rig it up discreetly to a fishing bell.... than stream the fishing line along the back of the couch, stapling it to the length of back of couch, sometimes along the entire length of livingroom so that all i had to do was slightly tug the end of the line when the boys started squabbling . They would stop their argument to stare mesmorized at the tree convinced Santas elves were seeing if they were naughty or nice. Christmas season was the most happiest and quietest time of year.....for mom and dad. Kept the innocence of believing in Santa going for some time with this tactic. Kids grown now but talk about it.
judy lamantia 7 years ago
This was delightful. Made me smile and laugh out loud. Thanks for the giggles!
Chuck Bartowski 7 years ago
My family roasts one person each year by writing them "Twelve Days of Christmas" parody based on things that they've either done or like. For example, my mother loves horses and so her fifth day was "Five prancing ponies"
Bunzilla 7 years ago
On our tree, we have something called the 'Sin Bird'. It's a black oystercatcher bird from Steiff. It has its own nest, with foil covered chocolate balls as eggs that are probably around 20 years old by now. Anyway, the Sin Bird gets put up near the top of the tree, positioned to look as if it's eyeballing everyone in the room, ever watchful for 'sin' (aka, bad behaviour, we're not religious). Every year, everyone teases everyone else that 'The Sin Bird has its eye on youuuu'.
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