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With the holidays fast approaching, moms and dads all over the world are struggling to create the perfect Christmas. Whether it is finding the newest toys, attending a festive recital, or creating a fairytale-like ambiance, it all falls on the shoulders of the parents. Needless to say, it might become tiresome at best.

In fact, according to a 2021 C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll, kids and parents themselves tend to create unrealistic expectations, which might be difficult to fulfill. That often increases stress; however, families still find a moment to giggle amid the chaos. And there are plenty of tweets that prove it.

In order to remind you that there is no perfect way of dealing with the holidays, we have gathered some of the funniest Christmas vs. Parenting struggles. Make yourself comfortable and enjoy these tweets!

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Social_Mime Report

Anxiety Artist
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You are pure evil. I’ve been looking for another one … besides me

Phasmainmachina
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Check for the ‘Does not include batteries’ for extra evil! 😜

Janiece Teichmann
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha! I buy noisy. I'm 1500 miles away. Have Grinch smiley face while shopping.

Vanessa Panerosa
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And this is why my husband and I enstated a “no assembly” rule. Sorry extended fam, but if swearing and stress is involved, it’s not going under the tree! Also, let’s normalize siblings who treat each other with love instead of animosity. My sister and I have no relationship whatsoever, and I’m determined to not repeat that with my 3.

Gwen
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I enjoy getting my niece things that she loves, but annoys her mother! It is a win win!

Elizabeth Tayler
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why didn't I think of this!! Thank you.

Jude Kay
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Funny at first, but then I realized I wouldn't want to be a reason my nieces and nephews doubted or had any questions about their parent's abilities. And I certainly wouldn't want to add to the STRESS of the parent(s) who take care of my beloved Nieces and nephews, much lees the stress of my sibling!

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When it comes to holidays, parents have similar ways of perceiving the season itself, as well as prevailing expectations and main stressors. Based on the aforementioned C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital report, nearly all of them (96%) perceive the festive season as an overall joyous time; however, 18% state that the levels of stress tend to rise during the period. The poll also discovered that one-fifth of parents believe that their children have unrealistic expectations for Christmas. One-fourth admit that they’re guilty of having similar expectations of themselves.

The report indicated six main stressors that have an impact on parents’ well-being during the holidays. They include extra shopping and errands, keeping the family healthy, household finances, planning for gatherings, making special meals, and criticism from family members about holiday plans. If any of these sound familiar, do not worry, you are not alone in battling the less-glamorized aspects of the festivities.

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    #2

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    Nikki Vavra
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! My son brought one home this year. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

    David
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hahaha! When I was maybe 8 (forget) I took trombone for a while. Lived in an apartment. My mom made an agreement with the neighbors next door (shared wall) about when I would, and more importantly wouldn't practice.

    Meh
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always buy the kids of people who p**s me off recorders ;0)

    XenoMurph
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait till you hear about the Napoleonic wars.

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    not_thenanny Report

    David Martin
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yesterday Me is always such a jerk, and has zero respect for Today Me

    Jo Reed
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't take anything off the tree... just unplug the lights then place whole tree inside big trash bags and store till next Christmas ;) Mind you it's only a 3ft one lol

    Alicia M
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every year 😑 I never learn a lesson.

    Amy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why Future Amy hates Present Amy.

    Cookie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is what happens when I leave future cookie stuff tk deal with

    Josh Carpenter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Put everything on a fake tree so it looks nice. Using a house sprayer for paint, add occasional coats of semi gloss acrylic. You can sprinkle fake snow on it while tacky. At the end of the season, everything should be cured and frozen in place under a reasonably thick layer of hardened plastic. Pick it up as one, out of in something to store it, every year it'll come out predecorated.

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    Despite the abundance of holiday-themed songs, surprisingly few describe parents’ actual musings during Christmastime. Such as pondering what the perfect gift for your child is - a headache parents face every year.

    Based on the findings of the Gift Decisions by Kids and Parents research, kids name TV as the most common source of ideas for Christmas gifts, followed by the influence of friends. The researchers came to this conclusion by analyzing letters to Santa, the best advisor for any puzzled parent.

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    Panda Boi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, they got a huge scheme out of it at the end.

    Larry Petty
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, there was a 4th wiseman who brought fruitcake. He was not heard from again.

    Kimba
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure if you at guys were joking, and not to be all religious, but the purpose of those gifts were meant to show that the Three Magi knew who Jesus was and brought gifts acknowledge him and what he would do. Gold and myrrh (an expensive perfume) were things only a king would have (for birth and adulthood), and frankenscence was used for embalming. Basically, they knew Jesus was born to be a king, but they also knew he would die and come back to life.

    John G
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you look around the table and don't see the sucker it's you.

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    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Victorian child: 'Thank you for the lump of coal. If i could only afford some matches...'

    Royal Stray
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually I'd love an orange, fruit, vegetables, and meat is way too expensive

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    crowspectre (he/they)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is just bad parenting. I'm a kid and my family has always raised me to be polite no matter what I get. If someone gives me a peice of chalk, I'm still going to thank them and be polite about it.

    Phasmainmachina
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course, what you write about them later on a nearby wall is a whole other matter… 😉

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    Kris
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like the videos of the kids that gets super happy when they open their present to find a banana or broccoli..

    Lorraine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the most beautiful videos you can see is one of a boy that gets a wood tablet for his meat (para el asado) and is super thankful, then he gets a second gift and things get teary. I love it because his first reaction is not for the gift, is for his parents. https://youtu.be/FDzCjNl6Ddg

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    Paul Neff
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't want to trade places with a parent in hard times. They inevitably choose personal suffering for their children, and are not to be envied.

    Gardener of Weeden
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Child in the depression was also thankful for the orange (according to my mom that was the only treat they got)

    Doofenshmirtz Evil, Inc
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents put an orange in my brother's stocking yesterday just to educate him abt that!

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    Zedrapazia
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... I wanted a different orange!

    Julie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brother and SIL gave us a bag of Satsumas (Mandarin Oranges) and I'm over the moon right now about them.

    Phyzzi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    6 asked why he gets an orange in his stocking every year. TRADITION!

    Ghaniyah Verma
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Victorian child is grateful for anything.

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    In addition to the struggles of choosing the perfect gift, families also worry about expenses. The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital report states that 29% of interviewed parents describe household finances as one of the main stressors during the holidays.

    Based on these entertaining tweets, kids seem to be oblivious to Santa’s Little Helpers leaving empty parcel boxes around or hiding presents in their closets. They are, however, very insightful when it comes to holiday spending and gifts.

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    John G
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Glitter anything is a mistake. Glitter is pure evil and should be outlawed.

    Elladine DesIsles
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure my youngest had at least a few bits of glitter on his head at all times for the first five years or so of his life. Seriously, every time I washed or brushed his hair I'd find a flake or two. He attended his first Pride at the age of three weeks and that glitter somehow hovered around us (we live in the village) for a good six months, just long enough to be replaced by Christmas glitter. And repeat. I never once bought actual dry glitter (made occasional exceptions for glitter glue, which is the only tolerable way to use the stuff), but it was somehow always there.

    Sandy Parker
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ohhh - that is GOOD...Well Epic fail but your friends and family must have loved the extra ornament that runs!

    Kimba
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should have invested in a better tree skirt. The one my parents had and the one I have today don't drop sparkles like rain.

    Ria C.
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe he is studying to be a teacher or nurse.

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    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What you do is, you get a lot of empty cartons/boxes of Xmas gifts size, wrap them in Xmas paper, and burn one of those every time you need to. Cop that, Mr. 8-Years-Old.

    SnapStingray687
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also put some sticks in it so it sounds like there is something in the box.

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    Rachel
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Instead of "burning" a perfectly good gift, put it in a large box or bag then take child with to donate them. Teaches that behavior has consequences but not teaching wastefulness.

    J. Emery Anderson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You have a future CPA in the family! 😊

    Chelsea Bates
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wrap empty boxes and then do this. So you aren't wasting money

    Nikki Vavra
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha! This was my 6yr old when I said I was throwing everything away 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

    Pim de Vente
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Refer your kid to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus?wprov=sfti1

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    Worst Cop in Britain
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How do we know the Grinch would die? He's not human. Maybe cardiomegaly isn't a thing for his species.

    Maple Porkly
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 2yr old nephew got addicted to watching the Grinch during a two week COVID lockdown. His parents never wanted to see or hear it again. My family bought that kid so many Grinch toys and clothes this year. Oh and we watched the Grinch afterwards. They left early for some reason. 🤷

    Trophy Husband
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 17YO watched it with me last night and explained about the disease she learned about in anatomy class that explains exactly what your 8YO was talking about.

    Nightdancer Slater
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WELL THAT IS IDIOPATHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY FOR YOU!

    Jack Cope
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    perhaps he began with a heart 3 times too small

    Ghaniyah Verma
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, but the kid's right. Probably will become a doctor someday.

    the Return of Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe, but Andre Bessette still makes for a fascinating story. (A modern saint who had a heart three sizes too big.)

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    Being on one’s best behavior to avoid a lump of coal on Christmas Day is not an easy task for anyone. Research on What Makes for a Merry Christmas? carried out in the Journal of Happiness Studies surveyed people aged 18 to 80 to determine how different factors affect their emotional state during the holidays. Even though 74.8% of the respondents rated their level of satisfaction above neutral, 43.6% of them agreed on relating this time of the year to stress.

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    Anxious&Bored Bear
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. Although phrase it as, "A gift card to (grocery store name).

    Erica Knapp
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    YES!!! Lol I think between my partner and I we have a solid couple hundred dollars in grocery store gift cards.

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    Ba-Na-Na
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The best gift I got was a laundry basket filled with groceries…… and on-top was a gift card for perishables like milk and vegetables. College aged me was so happy!

    Minath
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I give my daughter a gift card for her favourite supermarket to see her through January.

    Mindy Jennum
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's exactly what I did ask for! On my way there and was told to bring coolers! I'm excited

    John G
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dang. Should have asked for cooler, too.

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    Samantha Hanson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have cleaning stuff.. Its my best present!!

    Bina Wei
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg this was me this Christmas too 😅😂 Resisted the urge

    Tess Quig
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. Mine ask foreat and homemade cookie dough. That way they can enjoy homemade cookies till their bdys lol.

    Elenyn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was younger I wished for insurance payment from my parents for my car. Was a lot more helpful than anything else

    Renee North
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got tires for my college graduation. They were so bald I was nervous wreck driving on them, and I was going to have a long commute to my new job.

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    Bec
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Niece and Stepson both received grocery gift cards, I knew what people in their 20s needed.

    C C
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hey something they wont return 👍🏻

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    nikalamity Report

    Leah Lyons
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do u have pics? Would love to see!

    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably still part of the evidence in an ongoing investigation.

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    Beetlejuice
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was 2, there was a gingerbread making house competition at my preschool. Ours fell apart. So my parents let me go wild with the frosting and candy. We then put yellow ribbon and put a sign on it. It said " area closed, explosion at Santa's workshop". That is one of my favorite Christmas story.

    Seanette Blaylock
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do hope there are pictures to preserve such an adorable memory.

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    I Am LoKitty Of Meowsgard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I might actually make a gingerbread house just to do that. One year when we made sugar cookies, I decorated the gingerbread person cookies up like they were all wearing BDSM outfits. It was hilarious.

    LuLuBelle
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The gingerbread house I made for a small friend this year is being attacked by dinosaurs. The crime scene will have to wait til he's older, but I love the idea.

    CC
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine made a crash scene w reindeer, labeled it Rudolph's first FUI. LOVED explaining that one.

    Booklover<3
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents stopped when I turned mine into an outhouse with chocolate sprinkles in the toilet

    Seanette Blaylock
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd actually laugh at that, and see if they could do even better the next year.

    Monosyllabic girl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love this! Such creativity. I used to do that with snowmen on our front yard alá Calvin and Hobbes. Til the year i got red spray paint on dad's hacksaw...oops

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    GoldfishCrackers
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More like Bluey, but yeah.

    aZZy_d3Lta
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually love to watch bluey, it's so well written!

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    Lene
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In this house it's paw patrol, bluey, a hint of Peppa Pig and also Spooky's (a Swedish sort of Ghostbusters but with kids). And yes, my kids watch waaaaay too much tv. Oh, and our youngest smile when we show her Bing. I guess she likes that show.

    Diana Pahule
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes we're on our third round of paw patrol.

    Mrs Irish Mom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All i hear off my nieces and nephews is coco melon and paw patrol

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    As cozy and serene as it often seems in movies or magazines, a family Christmas might actually become quite a quest. Such gatherings are usually followed by a to-do list, including holiday shopping, lots of planning, and meal prepping. These worries were also listed in the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital report, with shopping being the most prominent stressor (31%). It was followed by planning the function (23%) and making holiday meals (22%).

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    Dad_At_Law Report

    Mildly Annoyed Penguin
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My oldest is becoming quite adept. I think she secretly practices on her younger siblings.

    Cookie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Might I ask why you are mildly annoyed

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    Seanette Blaylock
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't sword fighting with empty paper rolls pretty much required?

    Amethyst Watt
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tried doing this BUT INSTEAD OF A TUBE IT WAS THIS THIN FLIMSY CARDBOARD PAPER 😭

    Jen Mart
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    mom's have tube light sabers

    Diana Pahule
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We try to have wrapping paper tube fights but some of the kids just don't like being smacked with cardboard while loving smacking grown up with them.

    Auntie Bear
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Full disclosure : I'm not a dad but I do the same exact thing

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband & I every year. I toss him a tube and yell "Begin" and then we proceed to act like we're in "The Princess Bride".

    Ata
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be honest i love those tubes. Many are super long and I can get stuff from far places with it and also play with the kiddos.

    Cathy Skillen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When my kids were little we used to play toilet paper tag . They’re now in their 30’s and a parent nowadays would just about have to take out a second mortgage to waste an entire roll of tp. Yes, I AM OLD!

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    RodLacroix Report

    Paul Neff
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did not know they made lingerie out of mattress tags...

    Jilltdcatlady
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another BP euphemism I didnt know about

    XenoMurph
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "We tore up the mattress last night" "Were you naughty again daddy?" "Oh yea!"

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    Cookie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kid will never tear off a mattress tag I guess

    Ahimsa Soul
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Surely she could have come up with something more simple, like "we cheat on our diet".?

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    thedad Report

    Seanette Blaylock
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That makes the time I gave a 2yo nephew Play-Doh look mild (wasn't intending to make life difficult for my sister-in-law, just thought the kid would enjoy it, failed to take the mess factor into account).

    Phyzzi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least it wasn't "Kinetic Sand" or whatever.

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    Mia Hamsa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bought a family member wooden retro whistles one year.. they were BEAUTIFUL :P

    David Furr
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget "penny whistles!" Their shrill shriek will brilliantly accompany the slightly softer tone of the recorders.

    Phyzzi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My thought too. Cheaper, more annoying, and easier to "play" (and easier to hit the second harmonics) so kids will almost certainly try them out before parents can hide them.

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    Elladine DesIsles
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been waiting 20+ years for my BIL to have kids so I can get revenge for all of the horrifically noisy toys he bought my daughter (barking robit dog, anyone?), who is now 26. He's been married over a decade now without kids, so I am probably out of luck. Anyone know of any terribly annoying toys I could send their pups?

    Phyzzi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, there are dozens of toys with squeakers, or get a fairly large especially fluffy one, or those sticks made out of fish skin (they smell just great) or just some really good treats (I suggest freeze dried chicken) in a really big very stuffed box that will get torn apart well before xmass day (if you really want to get to them, put a normal innocent toy in there too and act indignant when they tell you their dogs tore it apart). But the most effectively annoying gift will depend on the dogs' personalities.

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    rodger coghlan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One Christmas I bought my nephew a toy laser gun with 15 different sounds (I think my sister has forgiven me but the drink she made for me tastes funny

    Jilltdcatlady
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Suddenly I understand my relatives better. And why I got a harmonica for xmas one year. We don't get along since Ive grown up.

    Julie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We bought my niece and nephew Bot It when they were kids.

    Terri Williams
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My FIL told me that they always buy their grandsons a set of drums when they turn a certain age. My stepson was going to be that age just in time for Christmas. I look that man straight in the eyes and said, "I'm sure Jason will love coming to your home to play his set of drums. Because they aren't going to be in my house!". Jason didn't get a set of drums from his Grandpa. May my FIL rest in peace but he could be a total butthead.

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    In addition to creating the perfect Christmas Day for the entire family, parents have to deal with festive customs leading up to it. From placing the magical Elf on the Shelf to going through the ultimate patience test trying to unravel the Christmas lights. It is often by trial and error that they learn what holiday-related mishaps might arise each year. Be that as it may, with the use of technology, they can share giggle-worthy stories and find solace in the support from other parents. And Twitter is undoubtedly an excellent platform for that!

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    mommajessiec Report

    ShadeCalico
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we need a candy cane emoji!

    HelluvaHedgehogAlien
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Get some 🍬 and 🍭and then heat it up with 🔥🥣with a 🥄, add food dye ❤️🤍pour it 🫗onto candy cane shaped 🔲 mould, cool 🧊 and bingo! Candy cane

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    Phasmainmachina
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would have sworn I’d seen a candy cane emoji! Is dissapoint. ☹️

    Auntie Bear
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait, what? There's no candy cane emoji?!

    Almostfoxlike
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd sacrifice 💾 for a candy cane emoji

    DaisyGirl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG there isn't a candy came emoji. HOW????

    Josh Carpenter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just want a bitmoji holding a sign I can change text on.

    Ghaniyah Verma
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alien: How you doin'? Me: Earth is dying, humans' IQs are decreasing drastically, COVID-19 still exists now with many variants, and I have lost faith in humanity. Whatcha think?

    Roland
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🤦🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

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    thedad Report

    Mafia!
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, I read an amazing book that went something along the lines of this. It was called 'The Immortal Nicholas,' and it was written by Glenn Beck. The entire premise of the story was that the man who would become Santa Claus was there on the night Jesus was born. Great story, my late great-grandmother would read it every year for Christmas.

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    sarcasticmommy4 Report

    Sweet_Dee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bonus - I get an early Christmas present - a quiet house to myself for a whole day!

    These hilarious Tweets only prove that festive misunderstandings happen to the best of us. And no parent is an exclusion! Despite all their effort and intricate planning, there might always be something out of their control. Nonetheless, cases as such can become amusing family folklore or quality online content at least.

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    benedictsred Report

    Heather W
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to be very good at wrapping presents. Then we got a cat....

    CaliPanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I use to enjoy making fancy embellishments with ribbons and homemade bows. Then we got a cat. Now we only use cheap stick-on bows.

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    Seanette Blaylock
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I adore whoever came up with gift bags. I'm pretty sure my cats could do better wrapping packages than I can.

    Diana Pahule
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Turns out my grandma used to be a gift wrapper at a department store when my mom was little, and I may have inherited the wrapping gene, or just observed my mother doing it who was trained by her mother.

    B. Dahl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same. It's a lost art. My friends pay me to wrap theirs. 🎄+🎁=💰

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    Tess Quig
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why I buy pictured gift boxes and pretty bags. I H ate to wrap lol

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    HomeWithPeanut Report

    Grudge-holding Treefrog
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being a dad apparently comes with the power to sense when someone is within 1 meter of the thermostat

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    simoncholland Report

    Tanja J
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh, I did this last week, I was perfectly chill. but my kids are 19yo.

    LuLuBelle
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do the main house decorating and then let my small friend glue on the candy. After all, the whole point to the house is for him to have fun.

    BOTW PANDA
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lets go Simon Holland. On like every item on this list. Give this man a raise.

    Brooke Weber
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh man he is absolutely on point!

    All things considered, personal input to make the holidays a more pleasant experience for parents and children alike is never a bad idea. Whether it’s coming up with new family traditions or having a Christmas movie night, a small gesture might go a long way. Creating holiday cards, building gingerbread houses, or decorating the Christmas tree together are also great options for some quality family time!

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    AnAppleHat Report

    Seanette Blaylock
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think you have a future lawyer. He's already at Expert level on loopholes.

    J
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or engineer. You gave instructions that were followed.

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    Stephen Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You have a intelligent child that can think a way around a problem.

    Philly Bob
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    :: the cat has joined the conversation ::

    Bubs623
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You've got to be very very specific with kids. They find every loophole possible

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    sarcasticmommy4 Report

    David Martin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Parents of the past: Don't give out your address, don't get in cars with strangers, and don't agree to meet people off the internet Then we got Uber, to give out our address to strangers on the internet so we can meet up and get into their cars

    Blarrg
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sit next to him? More like sit on his lap often as not...

    DancingPanda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s what I was thinking this, my parents made me do this until I was 13 (an entire two years after I first got sa’d, and did continuously) I’m a girl and I started growing boobs at age 9… and I’m 16 now so the trauma is still there and fresh

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    Olive Harper
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents didn't do Santa with my siblings and me. Which I think was a smart choice. Why lie to your kids for 6-8ish years?

    Midnight Vampryss
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You mean like two months before when we let them knock on strangers doors and ask for candy?

    Roland
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go sit on his lap like all other kids do! Nothing weird about that. No sweetie, you don't sit on other old man's lap! Yes uncle Joe definitely included!!!

    Liz Tudor
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least they don't have to sit on the randos lap and fake smile while hiding their terror

    Diana Pahule
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a formal introduction isn't it?

    the Return of Bruno
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not a stranger; that's Santa Claus. (You did go to the real one, right?)

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    mommajessiec Report

    Charlotte
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Deck the halls with tons of cardboard, stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp, sta-stomp stomp stomp.

    Apatheist Account2
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought I was getting an X-box...turned out to be an "ex-box"...

    Monosyllabic girl
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Breaking them down?! She must not have a cat. I have 6 boxes of different sizes between living room and dining room 🤣

    Dolly_of TheCowboy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the yard, rip up cardboard. While the kids look on so bored. Is it yellow bin night? I think you are right! Bring the rest of the recycling when you can

    Janice - Hazeldine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know that they are compostable right? You can also grow edible mushrooms on them.

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    It might be difficult to avoid holiday stress but there are, however, ways to reduce it. Respondents of the Mott Poll Report shared their methods of coping, the most popular of which was spending some time alone. Out of the interviewed parents, 71% chose this as their way of releasing tension during the festive season. Others turned to music (55%), exercise (46%), religion (28%), help from family members (23%), and work (15%).

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    SatiricalMommy Report

    Headless Roach
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course I did. One does not leave this masterpiece just spoken.

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    Thatmidwestmom Report

    Stolas
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lol that sucks... i tested positive for COVID-19 this morning so same

    Alyssa Lupo-Zulueta
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh no! I hope everyone is feeling better soon.

    Amanda Rose
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Taking care of my sick father (75 years old) who has what I am sure is the flu and a high fever. We may be heading to the hospital in the morning. Hoping everyone who is sick gets better soon! All kinds of crud going around with flu, covid, strep, and rsv at the same time.

    BOTW PANDA
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cue me: At my grandpartent's house not in Colordo, trimming their volunteer palm tree.

    Seiun-kitsune
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's Christmas, and I have the flu. I feel you.

    Lene
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Two of my kids were ill on Christmas Eve. Found out a few days later that our 3rd kid was also infected with what our mid-kid had. Such a wonderful Christmas.... 🙄 oh yeah, forgot to add, my bf's mom got sick during the dinner on Christmas Eve. So.... that felt a bit risky. 😬

    ManicMantisShrimp
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always was sick Christmas week which meant sick on my birthday, too. Hmmm, maybe that's why I dread the holidays

    Preda Jittanoon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The youngest is sick, and got me sick yesterday. Woke up sore and coughing.

    Jessica Rodriguez
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Currently in hospital with son....so yup

    Mrs Irish Mom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Havnt been sick all year and i get the flu 4 days before christmas day, turkey mash gravy veg ham stuffing all taste like licking cardboard, yum 🤢

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    mommy_cusses Report

    Headless Roach
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trees decorated by kids are the best. Totally uneven, only the most shiny stuff, the biggest star and longest colour paper chains glued at the kindergarten. Take your boring ideal tree to instagram, if only my son were small again, I'd love him to decorate mine.

    GoodWolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is so wholesome and so true ❤️

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    Su Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I let my husband loose on the tree this year. It's so empty, I can't stand it, the urge to completely re-do it. More lights, tinsel, baubles, the really awful and the good stuff our son made, all of it. FILL the damn tree. Every. Branch. Must. Have. Something on it. Right? Right? I'll just be in the corner trying not to look at it, it hurts my eyes and my head, constantly trying to plan where everything should be on the empty, empty poor barren tree.

    LuLuBelle
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was well into adulthood before I found out that as a kid my mom redecorated the tree after we went to bed. Win win for everybody.

    Seanette Blaylock
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our trees always went through a few "adjustments" to deal with what the pets did to it. :)

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    Gardener of Weeden
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had a small artificial tree just for the kids to decorate.

    Lavinia Simons
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had an upstairs tree, and a downstairs tree that the girls could decorate any way they wanted. That was when trees cost $20, not $90.

    Bob La Capra
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom was the director of tree decorating. She would sit on the couch to get a good view of the tree and would tell my brother and I where to hang each ornament and each strand of tinsel. "Not there. To the right. The RIGHT. That's too far, back to the left. The LEFT."

    DS Mom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cat loved how my son decorated our tree. He sat on the floor and decorated the bottom. Cat is having a ball now. 😆

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    The unexpected wittiness of the little ones in the family often also works like an antidote to the holiday stress. A snarky remark or financial advice coming from a six-year-old is destined to either make you giggle or re-evaluate your entire expenditure. Consequently, parent blogs and social media accounts become a boundless source of such utterances. And an excellent supply of serotonin.

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    GrahamKritzer Report

    Kim Lorton
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband, 4 weeks before I got called up to get my knee replaced, ( a spot opened up on the inpatient schedule for my surgery!!) gave me the flu!! It was week 3 when they called and said can you do it? I said heck yes! Then hung up the phone and hacked up a lung! I had 2 weeks to get myself healed before preop. I did it!

    Phoenix(or nix)they/them
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom is getting her hip fused on Wednesday. She's 40. Genetics suck

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    Demongrrrrl
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another fan of Bob and Doug McKenzie!

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    XplodingUnicorn Report

    BakedKahuna
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mum: Your brother's got you xyz for Christmas. But don't tell them you know about it, otherwise they will be upset. Me: ...

    DancingPanda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NOOO that’s awful it’s supposed to be a surprise, it’s your MOM too, next time she does it tell her you don’t want to know and you want it to be a surprise

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    John G
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is our 7.5 year old neighbor. I'll tell you a secret but you can't tell anyone.

    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead." - Ben Franklin

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    Jocelyn House
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom- Your brother got you (random gift) I’m only telling you so you can practice your “aww tysm face” I swear this happens every year lol 😂

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you tell someone they'll never guess, you can't blame them if they believe you and don't waste your time trying.

    When it comes to Christmas, some parents would argue that it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Luckily, there are outlets for their at times hilarious frustrations and ways to connect with fellow moms and dads out there!

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    Dad_At_Law Report

    Tree P
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This makes me think of Ralphie seeing Santa in A Christmas Story.

    CP
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love getting the kid crying on Santa's lap Christmas cards.

    Lesbian Sloth
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents would have to force me to sit with Santa. I have no idea why I was so scared

    DS Mom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks to my dad looking like Santa, my son has loved Santa all of his life.🎅

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    sarcasticmommy4 Report

    Ghaniyah Verma
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I want an art kit for Christmas. Also a xyz toy with a lotta candy."

    Jennifer Crompton
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My son used to ask for a ridiculous amount of c**p from Santa because "it's free if Santa brings it" i told him that Santa buys all the toys with donations from parents and he shouldn't be greedy. Worked like a charm

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    TheCatWhisprer Report

    Phasmainmachina
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s at times like this that I’m just glad I never had kids…

    Lesbian Sloth
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had to do a class dance in front of the whole school every year (grades prep to 6). Sorry, parents...

    Mrs Irish Mom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    90 second wow, try 5 seconds for my daughter in her play and we had to sit tru the younger kids singing 1st, i only have 1 kid i bearly want to hear her sing

    Doofenshmirtz Evil, Inc
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At my school, which goes kindergarten-8th grade, middle school isn't in the Christmas show. So my lucky parents didn't have to go! Even I was bored, even though the little kids were cute.

    aZZy_d3Lta
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought your parents didn't really like you, or do I have the wrong doof? /j

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    M Whee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My son's begining band concert was 15 minutes long, I'm nominating him for teacher of the year.

    Sweet_Dee
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, but this year was the last year my daughter did one, and I soaked up every minute of those 2 hours. I wish I would've appreciated the other 9 I had to go through.

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    lmegordon Report

    Headless Roach
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do, but sometimes I think it just has to be MIT. Nothing less.

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    kindminds_ Report

    Philly Bob
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then raced the cats around the house at 11 PM!

    Jude Kay
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You could've DUNKED the gingerbread in your coffee!

    Pizzagirl 91
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A tip from my sister: they make gingerbread locomotives, too, and they're much easier to make because they don't have any weird angles.

    Robin DJW
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This won't be popular but here goes. Why do parents allow this behavior? Be careful or be gone. Either the kid is too young to understand rules, i.e. less than 10 months old, or the parent does not understand the Making of Rules that is parenting 101. We would no more have been like this than we could have flown to the moon.

    Gustav Gallifrey
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    2 years ago

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    What's all this 'gingerbread house' stuff? You Yanks do like to make rods for your own backs, don't you, in your quest for 'traditions'?

    J
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gustav is grinchy this year.

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    notmythirdrodeo Report

    Vanessa Richardson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    …a blanket. Everyone loves a good blanket. Lol

    Phasmainmachina
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Later that day, the recipient is found huddled in a chair, under said blanket.

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    badger
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    cash & more vacation time would be my guess.

    Cassandra Wee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We celebrate Christmas in the summer in Australia. So my daughter finds out what animal her teacher likes and she'll draw a picture then colour it in and then she'll choose and pay for a gift out of her pocket money with a handmade card. She is a very good artist, she's now 8 but has been drawing non-stop since she was 4yrs old.

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    IHideFromMyKids Report

    Minnie Not Mouse
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who tf hosts a corprate karoke party? I don't want to hear David sing!

    Doofenshmirtz Evil, Inc
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad, whose name is David, who can't sing, but would totally be the star of a karaoke party:

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    Robert B
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve been trying to talk my bosses into a mandatory karaoke meeting for two years. Not because I want to sing, but this place is a train wreck and karaoke may just be the spark needed for a Michael bay explosion.

    B. Dahl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only ones who benefit from karaoke are the deaf.

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    sarcasticmommy4 Report

    Blarrg
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...the thing is that Santa has been working ahead, so...

    Marianne
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is no update for the list, period.

    RMA
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still happens with 30-year-old kids.

    Mrs Irish Mom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Updated list 3 days before christmas with 2 added presents, thank god i got them because they are all she has used all day

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    MumOfTw0 Report

    Headless Roach
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She did not yet did ask to speak with the manager, but one of the coming years writing to the elves may not feel enough.

    John G
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We never had our Santa gift wrapped. It was just in front of the tree when we woke up (at 5am).

    Rebe
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We always leave some Christmas paper for if Santa runs out. That way he can make more presents.

    Cheyanne Pavan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One year I made the mistake of wrapping all the gifts the same & the only thing I could think to say in that moment was that parents had to provide Santa with wrapping paper because it would be too expensive for him to buy it for everyone. Then, of course, I was trapped in that lie for the next 5 years!

    Ellen Henson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When it's a gift from Santa you don't wrap it.

    Andie
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My paternal grandmother put a present under the tree for my cousin, without a card or the card was lost, and my cousin wouldn't accept that the present was from her and not Santa. She was in the bad books that year.

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    Cheyanne Pavan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dads are always getting a bad (w)rap!

    Thomas Dickson
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    2 years ago

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    I'd give the kids a bad 'rap,' preferably in front of their friends. Dad style.

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    Kaitlyn Najvar
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i love how is name is Kevin the dad just t inform the audience that he has made someone pregnant he's like ¨guys, guys, i get girls alright?

    Jude Kay
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe he did that to explain why his son said "you're not mommy". I thought it was a step-mom at first.

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    WildHoneyPie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can just picture the kids shooting glances at each other "you think?" "Nah, do you?" "No, she wouldn't do that". But then they make the youngest, cutest kid talk first, just in case...

    Jilltdcatlady
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More like, pick a sibling and pinch them til they scream. (I was the pinchee.)

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    Maple Porkly
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This happened one year to me, my siblings and my cousins. If we made a noise, the person to make the noise would have to watch everyone open two presents first before they could open any. This resulted in us kids poking, pinching, and annoying each other until one of us cracked and yelled in anger.

    Ata
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When the kids are talking too much(all the time) I usually say "quiet game in 3,2,1 and if you talk you won't get ice cream". It last about 30 mins. 🙈😅😅 Usually if they do talk i give them another chance but at least I get a little quiet time.

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    RYGdance Report

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what I did to my present-probing sister. Worked for over a decade.

    Doofenshmirtz Evil, Inc
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brother found presents in my parents broken shower the other day. They could be anywhere!!

    Pizzagirl 91
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My twins didn't even notice the huge presents under the tree at my parents-in-law's. They will be 2 in 2 days. They just sat and played and looked at books and were very confused when we put their presents in front of them later in the day. We had to actually start ripping the paper because they didn't know unpacking presents was a THING.

    Maple Porkly
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did this. While my daughter was still young I took things from her room a few months before Christmas and hid them. They were like new gifts because she forgot all about them. Works until about 6. After that you get points for "replacing" the toy they think they lost.

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    Lottie_Poppie Report

    AffenpinscherMom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My son woke up at 5:15am. He's 11. I thought we were past this

    Minath
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some never change, my 27 year old son-in-law was awake at 5:30 this morning.

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    Lily bloom
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I banish my kids to upstairs (with snacks and drinks) until morning and I tell them it's time to come down. Santa leaves their stockings by their doors so they can open them when they wake up

    LuLuBelle
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my case, my cats. The have no respect for weekends, holidays or vacation days and insist on eating at 5am. Every. Freaking. Morning.

    Lateefa Covington
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least your child slept. My 4 year old stayed up until 5:30 am 🥴.

    Robin Lynn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    13 year old up at 7 - which hasn't happened since last Christmas!

    Headless Roach
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This day will come. And then your kids will wish mum would not be up at 11am to wake them up.

    Trillian
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is why Santa in Germany brings the presents on Christmas Eve. So the parents get to sleep in on Christmas morning bc the kids are busy playing with their new toys.

    Diana Pahule
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We got lucky, the grand slept in til 6:30am.

    Demongrrrrl
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    Premium
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents used to set our clocks back and hour, but I guess that's not possible since everyone has electronic devices.

    Jude Kay
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell them Santa does deliveries until 10am!

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    AnAppleHat Report

    Headless Roach
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please don't bite anyone's head off. Asking for a friend 🙃

    HelluvaHedgehogAlien
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please tell me it’s not the reason you’re Headless.

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    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same with chocolate Easter bunnies. They're just a little too gleeful.

    Phasmainmachina
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could be worse, they could be biting the face off a chocolate rabbit, screaming “stop staring at me!”

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    deloisivete Report

    James Wood
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's better than what you might get out of 'Lizard King' + COOKED fettuccine, eh? Hey yo!

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    kristabellerina Report

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    DadSetAgainst Report

    wowbagger
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎶🎶Boogers on noses, and sad sneezy kittens, bright shiny phlegm balls and snot streaks on mittens... 🎶🎶

    Demongrrrrl
    Community Member
    Premium
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 4 yo niece's favorite movie was The Nightmare Before Christmas.

    RMA
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Covid? Strep A? Flu?

    Gardener of Weeden
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please do not keep at them forever with this. For over 50 yrs my sister teases me about things I said as a child. It has ruined our relationship

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    Lhlodder Report

    CrunChewy McSandybutt
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When did this Elf thing start? I don't remember anybody doing this before, like 2010.

    Not-a-Clue-What-to-Call-Myself
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe the idea comes from a children's book published in the early 2000s.

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    Joshua Moore
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My girlfriend's son didn't sleep all night, he's 16. So he was up all night, just watching TV because he was so excited. 🤣🤦 The other two were up at 530a.

    Cheyanne Pavan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard of it when my kids were young (they're 17 now), but not many people did it at the time so I was spared. These days I think they file criminal charges if you don't have a wildly-intricate creative set prepared each morning!

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    mommajessiec Report

    Raumpfleger
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better make sure they also know mom and dad are no burglars!

    Kevin Felton
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I grew up redneck. We weren't taught to rely on ornaments and paint cans.

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    mom_tho Report

    GoldfishCrackers
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Easy fix. Let’s tell everyone, including Santa, that he brings everyone ONE gift. Everything else can be bought by family and friends.

    queenofthecastle15
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At my house, we do it so the stockings are from Santa and all of the presents are from friends and family. It works great!

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    Al Jameson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or, and hear me out, we could be honest with our kids. My daughter grew up just like I did, believing that Santa Claus is a fun story like dragons and elves and fairies. Didn't take any of the joy out of it for either of us, and she'll never have to deal with me having lied to her.

    Pizzagirl 91
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, that's what we do with our children. We treat bible stories the same way (part of my family is very religious) and teach them that different people believe different things. I also find it important that the children are grateful towards the givers, not just EXPECT presents because they weren't "naughty".

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    Tina Girard
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So here is what you do: make sure they get used to boxes arriving at your hose EVERY WEEK so there is nothing out of the ordinary. This, of course, means you must sacrifice by buying things FOR YOURSELF on a regular basis.

    Tess Quig
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah. My kids came home from school one day. Said there's no Santa. Me: well I don't know who's bringing gifts because I'm so broke I can't pay attention. Believed a couple more years

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    simoncholland Report

    Headless Roach
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just remember - Jesus will be mad if you don't clean your windows.

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    maryfairybobrry Report

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    HenpeckedHal Report

    Amethyst Watt
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg I love choose your own adventure books!

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    mcdadstuff Report

    Delta Dawn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is literally how I figured it out when I was a kid

    Elladine DesIsles
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I have a specific "North Pole" handwriting which I use only for Christmas. I was very invested in the rituals when my eldest was little.

    Olivia Dean
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mum used to write out Christmas cards with her left hand, and as I grew up knowing the story that nana taught grandad how to read and write (and his handwriting looked childish), I thought that Santa could barely write and had probably been taught by Mrs clause. I would try and engage other kids in this discussion of Santa's back story, and why he wouldn't just get elves to write out the cards in better writing. Then I figured out that the elves must have been illiterate cos there was no school at the North Pole. Just work.

    Rebe
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Showing this to my husband so he can understand why I print off labels and why I walked up to a complete stranger to beg them to please write the card explaining that Santa had left the playhouse they asked for at our holiday home.

    Amethyst Watt
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell him it's a gut thing, they always look alike

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    sarcasticmommy4 Report

    Rebe
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Leave the door open and sing it confuses them so much they don't dare approach.

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    HourLongSauce Report