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Hope you're ready for some hilarious memes, clever tweets, dumb cultural references, and shitpost-worthy images because we've got all that and more in this crazy mix of content. If you're craving even more memes and internet morsels to distract yourself with, we've got plenty of the same good stuff here. 

You might've already stumbled upon this olden golden gem from the depths of the wild world of Tumblr before. The epic saga centers on a mom who was absolutely committed toward getting her son set up with a woman through the offering of goats. You might as well call this guy the goat guy. Check out some more funny, random, and sweet Tumblr gems over here. 

We recognize we're only halfway through the week at this point, but we've already come across a truly heartwarming and fulfilling little pro revenge tale. We have a loving daughter who simply wasn't going to stand for her mean dad's inconsiderate nature when it came to keeping all the family's meaningful holiday decorations after the divorce. So, with a little strategic, sneaky planning she managed to put the happy tears in her mother's eyes. You love to see it. 

It sounds like this entitled family got exactly what they deserved. Nothing quite brings the blood to a boil like a whole bunch of toxic manipulation. This family was certainly laying that on real thick. Gifts can really end up being their own kind of weapon. If you're looking for more juicy holiday content check out some of the most ridiculous requests that mall Santas received. 

Let this glorious TIFU stand as a lesson to the rest of us about the importance of handling the getting rid of Christmas trees in a timely manner. Naturally, if you don't you run the risk of unleashing nothing short of a horror scene in your living space. 

We all know the Hallmark Christmas movie standard plot: big city girl tryna have it all has to go live in a small town right before Christmas, learns from the small-town folks to be happy with a simple life, falls in love with a down-to-earth local guy, and celebrates Christmas the way the Founding Fathers intended. By the end, she leaves her heathen, er, I mean, big-city life behind to stay in her new home for good. And it's great! Sometimes she goes somewhere besides a small town, but always somewhere outside her comfort zone where she can act lovably clueless so that her beau-of-the-people can roll his eyes and show her the RIGHT way to churn butter or whatever they do out there.

Sadly, as these ladies get humbled, so do their outfits. So let's take a look at how they look before they learn the true meaning of Christmas, and try to answer the age-old question: is happiness worth the boring clothes?

Need a distraction from another painfully dull week? Not to worry! You can always count on us to provide a quick and easy way to curb those bouts of boredom. Yes, we're talking about memes. Dank memes, topical memes, stupid memes, relatable memes, animal memes, memes about absurdly specific topics—you name it, the internet's got it. 

Twitter is like a consistently productive and super reliable joke factory. A lot of the time it churns out some real crap that we all try to avoid, but generally you can find some hilarious jokes, hot takes, and amusing shower thoughts at any point while scrolling the bird app. There are over 300 million people on Twitter, so the constant flow of content is pretty daunting, but that's why we curate some of the funniest and freshest tweets for your scrolling pleasure. 

The holiday season ain't over! We're seeing a bunch of wholesome photos of animals after receiving their holiday presents and we just have to share that joy! 

Popular Instagram page, @DogsWithStuffedAnimals, features ... you guessed it! The page features nothing but dogs with their stuffed animals, And yes, it is wildly adorable and we needed to share the most recent holiday stuffed animals because it brings us joy and we want that joy to warm you up as well. There's something so wholesome about seeing an animal with a toy stuffed animals (especially if that stuffed animal is the animal's doppelganger.)

These beautiful photographs of pups posing with their new stuffed animals are simply too precious for words! 

If anyone out there has a famous relative that they've grown up with, then they've likely encountered many scenarios where they've been forced to be especially mindful of their relative's privacy. Fame can be quite the costly thing in one's life when it comes to being able to celebrate the holidays without having your privacy invaded by mobs of hungry paparazzi, or family members just trying to leech off the money and toys that can come with the fame. In this case, it sounds like the guy's poor cousin was just trying to have a Christmas where he could carry on like he was living a normal life. Unfortunately, the cousin wasn't able to do so due to a surprise guest. 

A true Christmas miracle! A 14-week-old kitten with no eyes was rescued by the RSPCA and reunited with his half blind brother. 

As the RSPCA reports, the blind kitten, later named Gabriel, despite having no eyes, is completely healthy. It is assumed that Gabriel had the cat flue, and so it is a miracle in and of itself that he survived. 

Krissy Raine, the RSPCA inspector who rescued Gabriel, explained: "It's amazing that Gabriel survived. I took him to a vet and they believe he had cat flu which left his eyes badly damaged and they perished. But he is very healthy, he needed no treatment from the vets at all." She continued: "Even though he was from a feral colony when I took him to the vets, they were shocked by how calm and friendly he was and instantly fell in love with him. We named him Gabriel as he is an absolute angel and everyone who meets him adores him!" 

That's not all though. A second miracle happened when Gabriel was brought into the shelter. There, he met another half-blind cat who was rescued a few weeks prior from the same area. Arthur is also believed to have had the flu which damaged one of his eyes. That eye had  to be removed through surgery, but thankfully, his other eye was saved. 

When Gabriel was brought into the shelter, "[t]he brothers instantly recognised each other."

And today, they are living together in the same foster home. "Gemma couldn't believe it when she realised she had rescued his brother a few weeks before and we knew we had to reunite them. Arthur was being looked after by a foster family and they were so excited to hear that his brother had been rescued - they welcomed him with open arms too. They are both with the same foster family now, they are such calm, caring and affectionate cats - such special little angels. Now that they are back together, Arthur can guide Gabriel through life."

The brothers will now be looking for a forever home where they will hopefully be able to live together. "It's a Christmas miracle for Gabriel and Arthur - we're just so pleased that they are together for Christmas Day, it's the perfect gift for them."

We wish this pair of angels luck in their new lives and a forever home in the new year! For more positive animal stories, take a look at our collection of the best animal news stories of 2020!

The week between Christmas and New Years is always a strange one; you're probably still reeling in the insanity of dealing with your stressful family and enjoying all your gifts. Regardless, try to enjoy the couple weeks where your boss is on vacation and won't notice you slacking off at work!

The Jewish tradition of eating Chinese food on Christmas is well-documented in the media, but have you ever wondered how that started? Well, it's a lot more than a trope. Twitter user @kehillahjewess composed a brilliant thread to demystify the holiday ritual on Christmas Eve, and the historical roots are pretty damn fascinating. Turns out the stereotype goes way deeper than the simple fact that Chinese restaurants are some of the only businesses open on the Christian holiday. 

Welcome to Christmas - the holiday that every cat loves the most. The house is covered in shiny things, there's a tree inside of the house, so. much. excitement. is happening. But, while we're thinking about ways to fortify our trees against our cats, our cats are choosing their own favorite Christmas decorations, namely, themselves. 

Because we know that the best Christmas ornament in our house is inevitably going to be our cat. And we also know that we can't really be mad at them for it. We'll be taking pictures first and removing our cat ornaments second - prioritizing correctly. 

This dad wasn't going to settle for giving his kids cash in the old fashioned way of slipping a few dollar bills in a card, or maybe even just giving them cash. No, he insisted on getting more creative with things. Queue up the awesome packaging that made these cash gifts look like gifts he bought in the store.