16 of the funniest tweets from parents who were honest about the holiday season.

Dec 1, 2022 | 4:53 PM

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Shopping in crowded malls, staging the Elf on the shelf, changing your handwriting to be 'Santa,' or watching the same movie 500 times until New Year's day--being a parent during Christmas is an extreme sport...

So, if you could certainly use a laugh right now about the stress, challenges and joy of having kids during the holiday season, here are the funniest tweets we could find from parents who need a heavily-handed pour of spiked eggnog.

1.

Shout out to the families that do Christmas cards. I couldn’t get my kids to look at the camera if I bribed them with kittens and fireworks.
— @itssherifield (@itssherifield) November 30, 2022

2.

My daughter calls elves ‘Santa’s little Christmas boys’ and I can’t decide if it’s cute or creepy
— Lottie-pop 🍭 (@Lottie_Poppie) November 29, 2022

3.

My son just asked for drums for Christmas
— Oak Miller (@DJFuzzyPants) November 30, 2022

4.

Is it rude to have a wishlist for your kid's Christmas/birthday? I just hate the idea of people wasting money on things we won't use or she already has 😭
— arluhh✨ (@blondiiilocks) November 30, 2022

5.

We were reading ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas with my toddler last night and she saw Santa Claus and his silly hat and nearly in tears she said to us “I don’t want Santa to be silly. I want him to wear a hoodie like me.”
— Tim Brown (@timfsbrown) November 30, 2022

6.

My wife and I have a tiny dilemma, and by tiny we mean toddler size… We normally get a big Christmas tree but, Molly is getting into everything at this stage and we fear she’ll knock down the ornaments; even the tree itself… What did folks do when they had a 14-month-old? 🎄
— Cyrus McQueen (@CyrusMMcQueen) November 23, 2022

7.

4 kids and 21 years of parenting did not prepare me for this morning when I told the 5yo she could pick anything she wanted as a Christmas gift for her big sister and now I’m sitting here wondering how I’m gonna wrap a cauliflower.
— Dinah (@dinahaddie) November 23, 2022

8.

My daughter wants a flamingo that poops for Christmas 😂

Definitely my kid
— YouKnowLuMo (@YouKnowLumo) November 28, 2022

9.

Top of my 3.5 y/o daughter's Christmas list is "tooth", which, on gentle enquiry, she describes as "a ball of teeth". Let me know if you have any idea what that might actually mean or if you think I should call the police
— Ste Curran (@steishere) November 29, 2022

10.

My wife and I each spent an hour researching sales online to save $4 on a Christmas toy for the kids.
— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) November 29, 2022

11.

Are you deciding whether or not to have kids?

My little cherub has just asked for a trumpet and trumpet lessons for Christmas. I thought it was a joke but it has been repeated quite forcefully today.

A fucking trumpet.
— CrimeGirl © (@CrimeGirI) November 24, 2022

12.

Trying to convince my kid that The Departed is a Christmas movie.
— C A N D I C E (@CandiceLikesYou) November 22, 2022

13.

It’s that magical time of year when my kids ask “how many days until Christmas” at least 4 times a day.
— Professional Worrier (@pro_worrier_) November 29, 2022

14.

My kid: Mommy can you wipe my butt?

Me: Sure but it counts as one of your Christmas presents.
— 🎁🎄Mommeh Cheerest🎄🎁 (@mommeh_dearest) November 25, 2022

15.

Unpopular christmas opinion I can’t voice anywhere else, I absolutely hate the elf on the shelf thing. My kids will never know elf on the shelf. I hate how they’re trying to make that a thing, if my mum told me elves were spying on me as a kid it would have caused me a meltdown
— 。。。 (@firmamentgirl) November 30, 2022

16.

Wow, my kids are decorating the heck out of this small lower left section of our Christmas tree.
— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) November 26, 2022

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