Christmas disaster humor stories: You know things are going badly when...

by Jennine Johnson

There are passages into adulthood that vividly stand out in my mind. For example, do you remember the first time you wrote a check to buy groceries for your first home? Do you recall the first check you wrote to the elec...read more

by Jane Allyson

You know things are going badly at Christmas when.... You and hubby have sat up all night to put together an expensive train set for junior and find that you have one piece of track missing.... One of the kids calls ...read more

by Malia Estes

Christmas in New England is idyllic: the glittering mounds of pure white snow, the horse-drawn carriage rides in the country, the holiday cocktail parties with old friends... This past Christmas was shaping up to be the...read more

by Helen Heard

Sometimes even the best laid, carefully made Christmas plans go slightly of track. Sometimes your whole family gets food poisoning at Christmas dinner, and you forget to buy enough gifts, because you really didn't count o...read more

by Stella Kaye

...THE HEAD TEACHER WISHES EVERYONE A "PEACEFUL" HOLIDAY. At the end of each Autumn term the Head teacher of our local primary school ends her newsletter with: "I hope you all have a peaceful holiday." She may well inte...read more

by Karen Williams

Christmas From Hades It seemed like a simple, enjoyable Christmas tradition - trimming the tree. But even the best holiday ritual can turn ugly. It began when I retrieved our artificial tree from the attic. (O.K., s...read more

by Barbara Lee Norris

Our fully decorated Christmas tree crashed onto a tile floor, shattering precious ornaments and leaving menacing splinters of glass all over the room. "Don't worry!" I assured our two preschool girls. "We'll clean ...read more

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by Mike Wilson

1st Annual Pre-Christmas Family Bowling Challenge (PCFBC): as seen in www.rankandfilecabinet.com I only bowl in towns that have pop density less than 500 per square mile. I'm not exactly sure why, but I believe it has ...read more

by George Goodall

Tis the season to be jolly bah humbug ! Sunday morning (first in the month) went to pick a real tree with my eldest son (6). Have you ever wondered where they all come from ? On the 30/11 there are none to be seen, th...read more

by Dymphna Keohan

She could have cut butter with her chin. This sharp appearance, of course, was self-inflicted. A more lovely face, on any other day, would not be encountered by anyone. But after opening the many presents Santa so thoug...read more

by Erin Yorke

A. Your mom lights the turkey on fire and your dad picks up the extinguisher thinking it will only throw out some of the foam and it throws out all the foam in it. White smoke and soot go everywhere, including the dinner t...read more

by Rebecca Roper

The holidays generally tend to bring families closer together; however, special occasions at the Roper household generally turn into chaotic stories filled with blood, sweat, tears, and other bodily fluids. My personal tr...read more

by Suzanne Griffin

Yesterday my dear husband took the two youngest little Griffins to find our 2006 Christmas Tree. I didn't go as strolling through the woods 7 months pregnant just didn't seem wise or fun for that matter. My oldest was stil...read more

by Gavin Wakefield

Last Christmas, I would have to say was crazy. It was Christmas Eve, and I was going to the shopping centre with my Aunt and cousin. But were we going to make it home? Half way through this story.. You would think no. ...read more

by Acacia Jane

Here's what happened in my neck of the woods Christmas 2005. I went to Jason's house on Christmas Eve, and left early from his Mamaw's Christmas to avoid icy roads. Shortly after midnight, a drunken fellow slid off the roa...read more

by Paul Curtis

THINGS THAT GO BUMP, ELECTRICKERY AND OTHER DISASTERS It was in the early hours of Christmas morning when I was awoken by a loud crash from the direction of the chimney breast. I look arround and my wife who is a very ...read more

by Jim Thomason

Christmas disaster humor stories: You know things are going badly when, the night before Christmas, the repo man takes all the gifts from under the tree. You're left with a gaping hole under a tinsel-laden, artificial ...read more

by Lisa Arlin

You know things are going badly when... Categories: life, family, humor, love, friends, general, personal, other You decrotate your chirstmas tree and it falls on you when you put the angel on the top of it. You ma...read more