'Tis the Season for Holly Jolly Christmas Fails That'll Make You Ho Ho Ho

Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor

Nov 29, 2022 6:00 PM EST

Sometimes things don't register in your brain right away, you know? Like, you look at something and you think it's just an innocent little knick-knack that'll add some good vibes to your home. Then you bring it back, set it up, and someone else sees it and it turns out it looks like some vulgar thing that you can never unsee now. Yeah, well that's been happening with Christmas decorations since the invention of them. A tropical town might think it's a good idea to put Christmas lights up on their local palm trees lining the streets, but in fact, that just looks wrong and is definitely not G-rated. Or maybe you think it's a good idea to hide your little human's elf for elf on a shelf in the oven, but then you forget about it. Now you have melted burned to a crisp elves that look like sleep paralysis demons. Just check out some of our favorites from over time and you'll get it—it's basically part of Christmas tradition to have such fails now!