Tell us your Embarrassing/Funny Holiday stories

[trixi282]

hahahaha Kristykristyleelee, that's awesome. That definitely would have been awkward for a minute!

I can't think of anything quite yet, let me marinate on this one...

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Not really embarrassing but this is a funny photo of DH and I at my work holiday party 3 years ago. I'm 7 months pregnant with DS is this.

[carolyngrace]

@poppyc8, that is hilarious! Santa's expression and hand on your arm! lol

Kristykristyleelee, OMG you poor thing. That sounds so awkward but I'm sure you guys still laugh about it

[carolyngrace]

This one is going way back to when I was 6 years old and Baby Rollerblade was the thing to get for Christmas!



I had been watching commercials of her rollerblading around and dreaming of rollerblading with her on the sidewalk. I was SUPER hyped up. Oh, also in those years I would always, always peak at my presents. I'd use a knife and slit the packages and then re-tape them! (awful!) So I knew for sure I was getting it.

When I opened it I insisted on immediately taking it into the basement to watch her rollerblade. My dad got batteries, and everyone paused present opening. Well, as you can imagine, she wasn't the awesome, gliding skater they showed in the commercials.

I completely lost it, crying and falling on the ground. My sisters were telling me to be grateful and get it together, basically. But my mom held me in her lap and told me she understood.

My sisters still tease me about it

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Nov 10, 2015 19:03:08 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

@poppyc8, that is hilarious! Santa's expression and hand on your arm! lol

Kristykristyleelee, OMG you poor thing. That sounds so awkward but I'm sure you guys still laugh about it

Haha. DH felt super awkward having to sit on Mrs Claus lap too. I have a photo from the year before w the same Santa too. I'll try to find it!

I peaked at my presents too when I was little.

[kemdupuis]

I don't know how funny this was at the time, but my family laughs about it now.

My family is always together for Christmas Eve/Day/Day after. Most of my moms family lives near each other in the Boston area, and since we lived a few hours away in VT, we always just stayed with my cousins. My parents told me that they sent Santa our travel plans, and he would always deliver my gifts at my cousin's.

Anyway, when I was 5 or 6, we were all opening presents, and my cousin Stef (3 years older than me) got a new metal softball bat. At some point during the morning, she decided to go down in the basement to practice her swing, and me being the curious younger cousin, I followed. Stef must not have noticed, because she kept swinging away as I walked up behind her. Sure enough, she whacked me right in the head. (This is how we found out that I needed glasses)

Anyway, everyone freaked out, and we all rushed to the ER. Mom said I kept asking "what are ladders for?" While we were in the car, and she said she thought for sure I was losing it. Aside from a HUGE bump on my head, I was fine.

The funny part is that I was SO proud of my giant bump and the two black eyes that I developed because I was convinced that I looked like a klingon from Star Trek. I used to watch that show with my dad every night and I thought it was awesome that I looked like one. Mom was pretty embarrassed, because everywhere we went, I made sure everyone knew that I was a klingon

[jessila]

My parents old house had a sliding glass door in the kitchen. My mom liked to open it and close the screen door while cooking to air out the house and cool it down. The screen really blended in when it was dark outside. I tried to walk straight through it-two years in a row.

Also on Easter, when I was 10, I dislocated my middle toe on my left foot. I caught it on the coffee table leg while running. My sister and I always got exactly the same candy and I didn't get a single Cadbury egg. Well, I found it and went to run and tell everyone the Easter Bunny didn't screw me over/love my sister more.

[Bluedaisy]

Nov 10, 2015 19:07:08 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

This one is going way back to when I was 6 years old and Baby Rollerblade was the thing to get for Christmas!



I had been watching commercials of her rollerblading around and dreaming of rollerblading with her on the sidewalk. I was SUPER hyped up. Oh, also in those years I would always, always peak at my presents. I'd use a knife and slit the packages and then re-tape them! (awful!) So I knew for sure I was getting it.

When I opened it I insisted on immediately taking it into the basement to watch her rollerblade. My dad got batteries, and everyone paused present opening. Well, as you can imagine, she wasn't the awesome, gliding skater they showed in the commercials.

I completely lost it, crying and falling on the ground. My sisters were telling me to be grateful and get it together, basically. But my mom held me in her lap and told me she understood.

My sisters still tease me about it

We (my sister and I) got the same doll for Christmas....worst doll eever!

[ashbash]

If we count black friday as a holiday i have one

Me, my mom and my aunt always black friday shop. A handful of years ago when black friday was still on friday we got up early, went to starbucks and made our game plan as per our tradition.

It was like 4am and still pitch black outside, we left starbucks and got in the car. I was asking about if we want to stay together or shop separate and meet back up and they werent answering me. I look up and I had gotten into the wrong car, it was a older man sitting in the drivers seat. I screamed and turned my head so fast that i slammed my face i to the window.

The guy was really nice about it and we all had a good laugh in the end the best part was that the car wasnt even remotely the same, we were in a white SUV and I got into a dark mini van

[carolyngrace]

Nov 10, 2015 22:18:30 GMT -5 ashbash said:

If we count black friday as a holiday i have one

Me, my mom and my aunt always black friday shop. A handful of years ago when black friday was still on friday we got up early, went to starbucks and made our game plan as per our tradition.

It was like 4am and still pitch black outside, we left starbucks and got in the car. I was asking about if we want to stay together or shop separate and meet back up and they werent answering me. I look up and I had gotten into the wrong car, it was a older man sitting in the drivers seat. I screamed and turned my head so fast that i slammed my face i to the window.

The guy was really nice about it and we all had a good laugh in the end the best part was that the car wasnt even remotely the same, we were in a white SUV and I got into a dark mini van

That reminds me of a classic story in my family... My dad saw this guy come around the corner he really didn't want to talk to just as he was going to get in the car. So he quickly flung open the door and jumped in- smacking his head on the frame and knocking himself out! When he came to he remembers thinking God was punishing him for not being a kinder person.

But omg I would have screamed so loud if I were you!

[carolyngrace]

Ooh, I thought of another one.

Since my dad was a church pianist, and we could all sing (some better than others) my mom always signed me and my 3 sisters up to sing in the Christmas Eve service.

It had been a year or two since she'd done it, so we were all relieved and thinking it was over. Then she announced we would be singing "The Friendly Beasts". At this point I was 11 so my sisters were 15, 18, and 22. So really, I was the ONLY one not devastatingly embarrassed to be doing it.

Then she told us we'd be bringing our dog up in front of the church with us, since the song "celebrates the role that animals played at Jesus' birth" LOL WHAT?

We did it. We all sang a verse about a different animal, and stood up in front of the church with our dog. But during the last verse (my oldest sister was singing) we totally lost it and started laughing. I'm not sure who started it, but once we started we couldn't stop. Eventually my dad (playing piano) just stood up and made a bowing gesture at us, like you're finished get out of there! So we bowed and ran back to sit in the pews.

I guess someone must have taken the dog out, but I just remember sitting there with my cheeks burning with embarrassment the rest of the service!

[littlemissgrump]

This one is about my sister. When she was 4 she wanted a My Size Barbie, when Santa said, "Oh, you want a My Size Barbie!" she got really upset and yelled, "No, a MY size Barbie!"

Girl did not want a doll the size of Santa!

She ended up getting one of those Barbie hairstyling heads so at least the head was her size!

[littlemissgrump]

Nov 12, 2015 14:00:13 GMT -5 Kristykristyleelee said:

littlemissgrump - my little sister also asked for the my size barbie. She got it. But by the end of the day, she had colored all over the barbies whole body with a black sharpie. My mom was PISSED!!!!

Literal lol! I can imagine that whole scene. No bueno!

[wegrowsheep]

Not funny, but sweet. And my favorite.

My little brother was deployed for a year, and came home November of 2013, a week before Thanksgiving. We planned his entire trip to the west coast and home without my mom having a clue. She knew when he was state-side, but he told her he had post-deployment classes and would be home the beginning of December. It was precious. And I recorded it.

[musicfrk2002]

A few years ago, one of the gifts I received from my parents was the hallmark snowman band:
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My parents had tested them out to make sure they all worked, then packaged them each in a different box or bag. So I opened the first one and pushed the button for it to play...and heard noise coming from the other packages. (They are set up to wirelessly connect and play together.) The same thing kept happening until they were all 4 opened, but my parents were practically rolling on the floor laughing by this point

[musicfrk2002]

The year my dad passed away, the holidays were a bit rough. My mom had drank enough wine for the entire family, so I ended up being the designated driver, lol. My relatives had all purchased extra gifts this year to put under our tree from "santa". So, I hid them in the back of our van, and after "santa" visited and mom had gone to, I unloaded those gifts under the tree. My mom was hungover, and so confused looking at gifts under the tree.