#1 This mom is NOT about to do Elf on the Shelf:

My kids: Why don't we have an elf on the shelf? Everybody else–
Me: An elf? In this house?! You listen to me and listen good, never trust the fae and never EVER extend an invitation. I JUST finished warding, for goodness sakes boys

— Jenn Marie Thorne (@juniperjenny) November 29, 2019

#2 This is basically all of us:

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#3 While this poor mom has already blown Christmas:

Piper: “MUMMY!!! QUICK, COME LOOK! THERE ARE LOADS OF TOYS IN THE SPARE ROOM!!”

I may have already bollocksed up Christmas, lads.

— Jayne Sharp (@Jaynesharp) December 3, 2019

#4 This is basically all of our moms:

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#5 This is 100% accurate:

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#6 This guy is still stuck on Halloween:

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#7 This guy is someone we’ve all met:

me – “hello”
Guy whose entire identity is built around arguing that Die Hard is a Christmas movie – “hey man, what’s your favourite Christmas movie? You might find mine… a little controversial to say the least”

— Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) December 3, 2019

#8 While this guy is struggling to get to Christmas break:

going to school between thanksgiving and christmas break feels like the last lap in mario kart when ur in first & get hit with the blue shell and ppl start passing u and the music is going really fast and everything gets stressful

— peytøn (@peytnhaag) December 1, 2019

#9 While this girl just wants someone’s “stupid a*s son” to celebrate with

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#10 Shoutout to everyone celebrating two Christmases:

when your parents get divorced but now you get to celebrate Christmas twice pic.twitter.com/QSC0Z8Reo9

— Saberspark (@Saberspark) December 3, 2019

#11 This dog and her bone, er, candy cane are too funny:

alright now that it’s officially Christmas time I’m bringing back the video of my dog and her candy cane pic.twitter.com/TlymhBttK4

— abogail (@tbcstan) November 30, 2019

#12 Shoutout to the town that did this:

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#13 While this cat is basically every cat this time of year:

When the Christmas decorations go up
U/Anlyin. ../imgur pic.twitter.com/DpP9fa49cp

— Gaml. Y (@GY18164253) December 2, 2019

#14 This person came up with an intriguing twist on holiday Hallmark movies:

What I really want is a Hallmark movie where a woman learns the true meaning of Christmas while she hunts a serial killer.

— Dammit Erin (@DammitErin) December 2, 2019

#15 When you’re excited for Christmas but also broke:

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#16 When you’re excited for Christmas but also broke, Part 2:

the secret in "secret santa" is that I have $35 in my bank account and now I have to use $20 of that to buy my cousin's girlfriend fuzzy socks and a three-wick candle

— caleb (@calebsaysthings) December 2, 2019

#17 This advent calendar, meanwhile, is a little different:

Time to start the advent calendar. #December1st pic.twitter.com/5nwlxGDvnl

— You Had One Job (@_youhadonejob1) December 1, 2019

#18 While this person basically pitched the anti-Hallmark movie:

new movie idea: small town farm boy goes to the big city and falls in love with a hotshot lawyer woman who convinces him to move into the city and start hating christmas

— kelly (@kelllicopter) December 2, 2019

#19 This Christmas Vacation stan said what she said:

Not sure why Christmas movies continue to be made each year when America clearly peaked in 1989 with Christmas Vacation

— Lacy Pitts (@lacympitts) December 2, 2019

#20 And, lastly, please send thoughts and prayers out to this poor Santa:

Santa is coming…clumsy pic.twitter.com/N8JPrauNz2

— junia (@JuniaSchneider7) December 2, 2019

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