Ah, Christmas, it’s a time for peace on earth, love, and family. A time to put your feet up, settle those arguments, let go of your grudges. Or that’s what’s supposed to happen, anyway.

Of course, Christmas in reality often looks a bit different. And there’s usually one or two people to blame for that. Now, we’re not saying anyone really deserves to be on Santa’s naughty list after the year we’ve had, but these people certainly went a step too far and managed to throw order into chaos at the very worst time possible!

1. Eucalyptus Christmas tree

Can plants be included in this list? Because they’ve definitely caused some problems for people this year. This person has a different kind of Christmas tree this year. And it wasn’t by their choice, either… That’s going to be an expensive problem to fix.

2. Delicious chocolate

Every year this person’s aunt in Maine would send her and her relatives little handmade chocolate lobsters. This year the lobsters were soap… Not that her aunt told anyone! It was only after biting into the lobster soap that the niece discovered her mistake.

3. Roachy gift bag

When you agree to do secret Santa, you never think it’ll be this bad. In the bottom of their gift bag, this person discovered live roaches… and roach droppings. You have to worry about the state of some people’s homes.

4. The wife’s stocking

This man’s parents knew they had to make room for his wife on their mantlepiece, but they didn’t quite go all-out with her stocking. What makes this so much worse is that the other stockings are so beautifully presented. This has to be a joke – unless her mom and dad in law really just don’t like Allison!

5. Christmas waffles

It’s a tradition for so many families around the world to have a delicious Christmas breakfast on the morning of December 25th. This family’s long-awaited Christmas waffles ended up looking slightly worse for wear come eating time. Starting the day off on a high, clearly.

6. Kids’ humor

Ah, kids. If you think yours are sweet and innocent, just wait until they turn 12 and stuff like this becomes funny to them. This poor person’s neighbor has got this lovely message to return home to.

7. New Christmas present

Jokes aside, this is actually pretty devastating! Imagine how excited this person was to get this gift – and it was probably the most expensive of the lot, too. Accidents do happen, so hopefully they had this insured.

8. There goes Christmas lunch

A word of warning to anyone in the warmer climes who plans to eat their Christmas lunch outside this year: don’t put hot dishes on glass. As you can see by this photo, the end result won’t go down well. In fact, you probably won’t have any dinner to eat at all… unless you’re willing to scrape it off the ground.

9. Broken lights

This person spent ages putting up their lights, only to switch them on and discover that they weren’t working. Have they never seen National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation? Always check your lights before you put them up, kids.

10. Cat got the tree

If animals can go on the naughty list, cats would be at the top. If you’ve ever had a cat then you’ll know that the Christmas tree becomes some sort of challenge to them. The end goal is to pull the tree down, then scarper when the damage is done.

11. The girlfriend’s gift arrived…

Always nice for a last-minute Christmas gift to arrive in the post looking like this. What’s worse is that it’s for his girlfriend, who probably won’t be happy with his “excuses”. Probably best to just show her the box so she at least knew what she was supposed to get.

12. Put your foot in it

Going into the attic is an avoidable part of Christmas celebrations. Unless you’re one of those crazy people that keeps their decorations up all year out of laziness, you probably need to retrieve your decs from storage every December. Unfortunately for this person, they didn’t quite put their foot on the right place.

13. Tree down

In this story, we don’t know who needs to go onto the naughty list – a cat, a dog or a small child, maybe? When this person’s parents came home, they were met with this sight. Time to start the detective work, we’d say.

14. Dog ate the decs

Isn’t it lovely when animals get all into the Christmas spirit? This dog celebrated the festive season by doing what he does best, Christmas-style: eating the Christmas decorations. Hilarious how he’s hiding in the corner because he’s done something wrong. Typical guilty dog.

15. Christmas morning boat fire

When this person went to head out on their boat on Christmas morning, he discovered a bunch of kids had set it on fire overnight. Put them on the naughty list for life! Joking – but they should at least have to pay for him to get a new one.

16. Bottomless eggnog

This gives the phrase “bottomless eggnog” a whole new meaning. Yes, that is the bottom of the egnog glass on the table. And yes, that is said eggnog pooled around the Christmas utensils.

17. Locked wallet

This guy got a wallet for Christmas, but whoever sold his gift-giver the present forgot to take the security lock off it. Somehow we feel like that isn’t the easiest thing to cut through, either. Guess he’s never gonna use it…

18. Australian Christmas

If you’ve never spent Christmas in Australia, just know this: it’s an experience. Not only is it the middle of summer on Christmas day, but, depending on which part of Aus you’re visiting, you’ll end up sharing the day with the kinds of creepy crawlies you didn’t actually know existed beyond your nightmares. This guy’s hanging out with a huntsman spider.

19. Broke mom’s oven

Is it even Christmas with the kids if someone doesn’t break something? When this person smashed their mom’s oven, he was pretty confident that he’d had his “favorite child” status taken away from him. And not to mention he’s on next year’s naughty list.

20. Naughty segway

Hey, it’s not just people who are breaking ovens, you know. This segway smashed an oven while Christmas dinner was cooking. Although technically, there would have been a person operating this segway… let’s hope the family didn’t disown them when they had to call for a last-minute takeaway.

21. Dog knocked the tree

Dogs, bless them, are pretty well-known for their clumsiness. The bigger the dog, the higher the likelihood that it’s going to knock over the Christmas tree at least once a year. Still, we don’t think this is quite naughty list-worthy, as long as he can prove it was a genuine accident.

22. Ladder fail

Putting Christmas lights up is no easy feat. You think you’ve got everything under control – and then this happens. Wonder how many hours he spent up there before someone came to rescue him?

23. Flat tire and nowhere to fix it

Car problems have a habit of cropping up at the least convenient times. If you’re not breaking down on your way to the airport, your tire’s going flat when there’s nowhere open to put some air in. Someone needs a handheld pump for Christmas.

24. Mischievous nephew

We’re debating over whether this person’s nephew really deserves to be on the naughty list for this, because children under a certain age don’t know the value of money (lucky them). But chopped-up $300 is a pretty terrible thing to come home to. Then again, who leaves $300 around a small child?

25. Coffee disaster

Here’s how this person’s January started: they slept in 30 minutes; discovered the coffee beans they bought with a Christmas gift card are decaf. As if that wasn’t bad enough, this happened when they tried to pour the beans back into the bag. Decaf coffee definitely belongs on the naughty list…

26. Tree thrower

Of all the ways to get rid of your Christmas tree, throwing it out your window has to be the laziest. And if this person had stupidly suspected that someone else would clear up their trash for them, they were wrong. Because their tree ended up getting caught… by another tree. Wonder how many years it’ll stay there for now?

27. Christmas office

We’ve all got that one person in the office who thinks they’re hilarious. And honestly, when we’re unwrapping our desk chairs and computer monitors, we find it hard to agree. We’d still miss them if they were gone, though.

28. Hates reading

Well, if this dog doesn’t hate reading, he’s sure done a good job at pretending that he does. What did the book ever do wrong to him? At least the Christmas tree’s still miraculously in tact (for now).

29. iPhone prank

Imagine the emotions you’d go through when you opened this. First, mild confusion to have been given a pot. Next, elation to discover the iPhone of dreams. Finally, pure revulsion towards whoever thought it was acceptable to pull such a devestating Christmas prank.

30. Impatient pup

This person quickly learned why it’s a terrible idea to leave your dog alone with their advent calendar. Unsurprisingly to no-one, dogs don’t know how to wait for anything. Which means the concept of opening one treat a day is lost on them.

31. Christmas lover

This might just be the best thing we have ever seen. When this man was a Debbie Downer and told his wife to stop celebrating Christmas before Thanksgiving, she found the best way to spread the Christmas cheer all over his truck. He’ll never dare to complain about anything again.

32. Christmas toy in dog’s water

The best part of Christmas day is getting to test out all your cool gadgets. Unless one happens to go in the dog’s bowl, of course. Like this drone did. Well, there goes that $50 – it was nice while it lasted.

33. Scaring the neighbors

Here’s a way to scare the living daylights out of your neighbors! Look once and you’d be convinced you were witnessing a terrible decoration disaster. Just as you’d jump into hero mode, maybe even shouting that you were on your way to help, you’d realize that this isn’t actually a person. Wonder how many people got fooled by this?

34. Forgot about the chicken

It’s only the most important part of the Christmas dinner, but this person forgot all about it. I mean, this has to be some sort of record for the most burnt chicken ever – it’s hard enough to even cook it all the way through. Extra sprouts it is.

35. Lazy gift wrapping

You know you’re dealing with a lazy gift wrapper when they send their Christmas gifts in customized birthday wrapping. They’re not all wrong, though – it is Jesus’ birthday that we’re celebrating. Maybe this’ll catch on.

36. Melted carving tray

When this person hid the ham from the dog in the oven, they even forgot about it themselves. When they turned the oven on to preheat the roast turkey, the ham – and the plastic carving tray it was sitting on – heated up. Big style.

37. Reversing the roles

Isn’t it annoying when you receive a Christmas gift that says “batteries not included”? Well, imagine this person’s despair when they discovered they’d been gifted a set of batteries… no toy included. Hopefully they’ve got another present worthy of putting these batteries in!

38. Messy tree

It’s not hard to look after a real Christmas tree, people. Just make sure it’s got plenty of water and it won’t molt pine needles all over your floor like this one did. Or, better yet, buy a fake one – it’ll last you at least a decade and you won’t be contributing to waste.

39. Apple watch

This person was aiming high last year when he asked for an Apple Watch for Christmas. Little did he know just how seriously his parents would take him… Hey, Pink Ladies are all the range this year anyway. Or is that a Granny Smith?

40. Decorations down the stairs

You know your Christmas decorating is off to a good start when you take your decs out of the attic and promptly hurl them down the stairs. By accident, obviously. Let’s hope there wasn’t a lot of glass in there…

41. Beets by Dre

Here’s another cruel trick! Every man and his dog seems to be obsessed with Beats by Dre this year, but quite a few people have chosen to gift their family members with some beets by Dre. Geddit?

42. Anonymous delivery

Getting an anonymous parcel in the post is always the cause for excitement. Maybe you’ve ended up with someone else’s goodies! (which you would then send on to the right address, of course.) But this person received something a bit naughtier, so it’s awkward to say the least if it wasn’t supposed to come their way. At least it’ll taste nice.

43. Creepy snowman

If you’re lucky enough to get a white Christmas, it’s only natural that you should send the kids outside to make a snowman while you handle the dinner. But this person made the sort of snowman that would have kids running a mile! Naughty list for you, sir.

44. Beautiful Christmas present

We’re sure that this person’s mom meant well when she gave them a framed photo of them with their ex and their dead dog. Probably a reminder of good Christmases gone by? But this would kind of ruin the day for us, to tell the truth.

45. Eggs box 360

It’s an absolute classic: the eggs box 360. While it’s a pretty hilarious joke, these parents deserve to go on the naughty list just for the look on their poor son’s face! Hopefully they brought out the real thing pretty quick.

46. Manic dog

Has this person’s dog been on the mulled wine or is this just normal behavior? Here we have a ruined Christmas tree and a ripped-up dog bed. Maybe he wasn’t happy with the treats he got off Santa.

47. 6-foot bear

Remember a few years back when giant bears were all the craze? Well, this person asked for a 6-foot bear, so her partner delivered… quite literally. This prank’s too smart for the naughty list, sorry.

48. Table couldn’t handle it

Once again, we have an example of why you should never put your hot Christmas dishes on a glass table. Goodbye Christmas dinner! At least his feet are somehow okay – and he managed to save his beer.

49. Lottery gift

Getting someone scratch cards for Christmas is a bad idea because you’ll inevitably have to scratch them yourself. Imagine if you gave someone a card that made them a millionaire! But this person definitely belongs on the naughty list for this pathetic excuse for a gift.

50. Needles everywhere

And finally… it definitely looks like this couple forgot to water their tree for the whole of Christmas. Because as soon as they came to take it outside, this happened. Yep, you’ll be finding pine needles on the floor for years to come.

Learn from these guys to not get coal for Christmas.

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