Unhinged "Christmas Is Ruined" Stories
Christmas is a time to get together with family—and no one can make you miserable like your family! These people have shared those holiday moments that'll make your mom sob and shout, "Christmas is RUINED!"
1. The Chosen One
I was dared to break a gingerbread house with my head, and no one thought I would do it. I slammed my head full throttle into the corner of it, and it was so stale that it left a gash in my forehead.
My mother was yelling that I needed stitches, though I never got them because I was too scared.
Meanwhile, my dad was videotaping, and my grandma screamed. Now I’m walking around like an uncool Harry Potter.
2. Dump The Whole Woman
My girlfriend shamed me for taking a half day off work on Christmas Eve to see my family. I woke up to her making snide comments about how it “must be nice” to sleep in a bit, then she told me to “run home to mommy”.
This was all unprovoked while I was lying in bed. Needless to say, it’s put a damper on the whole holidays.
3. Meet The Monsters-In-Law
My in-laws. You hear tales of people with terrible in-laws, but I have been living it for 18 years now. This year above all others, they were at their absolute worst behavior. Aside from complaining about every single restaurant, store, park, or place where we took them, they also ruined my daughter’s 17th birthday.
They felt that they would take her around to places they wanted to go, all while telling my daughter that her hair looks like garbage because she's dyed it too many times, and that she is too skinny and in need of a hearty meal.
My daughter tried to show them places, things, and eateries that were special to her, and the in-laws told her how awful all of those things were, that the service was bad, the food terrible, the location awful, and that they would never go back to those places.
My daughter told me that they would complain about me and my wife as well, saying how they saw us both as failures and that they were hoping that they could “rescue” my daughter by paying for her to go to a college of their choosing.
It was the worst possible week, ruined the entire holiday, and the only good present that they gave was that they left and went home on the 26th.
4. The Bearer Of Bad News
I pretty much ruined my parents’ Christmas when I arrived home. My dad saw some news article about a car accident and commented about how too many young people are hurting themselves in accidents.
My dad is a retired high school sports coach and I casually mentioned that one of his former athletes perished a month ago in an accident, assuming he already knew. He did not. The kid was also only 24.
