Horrible Holiday: Tales of Ruined Christmas

Christmas is one of the most memorable and meaningful holidays of the year. It is when families, friends, and relatives gather. And for some, it is best to celebrate with their partners. 

However, it is not always ‘happy’ for others. Some uncertainties happen to ruin the occasion. Ultimately, we could not help but say that Christmas is indeed ruined.

1. Unforgettable Lies

I went through many Christmases when I was a kid. My alcoholic father would make up a new lie every year about why we didn't have any presents. 

His go-to was, "They're in my work truck. I forgot them." He would just keep using this lie far after Xmas was done and just hoped we would eventually forget. 

We would stop asking, but we never forgot. We usually found him passed out in his car in the morning, still half drunk. He was also the type of person that would just get violently angry during every holiday. 

I think he's the reason why I hated Christmas for most of my life. Luckily, I have a wonderful girlfriend with an amazing family that welcomes me every year. I'm actually starting to enjoy the holidays now.

redeemer47

Mom died at the beginning of the year, so this was the first Christmas without her. Doubly sucks because my nephew spends every Christmas at the house, and he didn’t want to do it this year.

My mom’s old man (he was still living with me) died of a stroke a few days ago, but his sister took care of everything. This Christmas time would be a hell of a lot worse if I had to deal with the cremation and all that jazz. 

These two things, plus a few other moments, made me realize that 2019 freaking sucked, and I am really hoping 2020 is better.

throwitaway1510

My ex-wife did not have the guts to tell me she was having Christmas dinner with her sugar daddy’s family. I don’t care if she was here, but she just ghosted my daughters and me. 

I even asked her yesterday if she was going to be with us for dinner, and she said, ‘Of course I will. Why wouldn’t I?’ It brought back horrible memories about why I left her ass in the first place.

To be fair, I had a great evening with my daughters, but there was a gnawing anger in the back of my mind that I couldn’t let go of.

csudebate

My BIL treats my SIL (my wife’s sister) terribly. Makes fun of her in front of all of us and says some pretty demeaning stuff. 

He basically doesn’t respect her sometimes. It’s heartbreaking. And quite frankly, I think it’s rooted in some serious feelings of ineptitude and insecurity on his part.

Which are rooted in some of his upbringings. It just sucks to be around, and it hurts my heart. It tears my wife up something fierce, too.

wishiwereskywalker

My sister couldn’t come home. She moved to another country and couldn’t make it back for Christmas. I didn’t think I would mind that much. 

I’m so lonely without her, though. We had so many Christmas traditions, and I didn’t have anyone to laugh with about everything during dinner. 

I’m thankful that she’s still alive and physically here on earth, but it was just more lonely than I expected to not have her around. It wasn’t a bad Christmas. It just didn’t really feel like Christmas.

ogflavorcheezits

My cousin stole my $250, and once she got caught, she said: “But I need it, and OP (Me) is too spoiled anyways.” I just thought it was some crappy reason for her bad behavior. 

She then proceeded to get half of it after crying a fit. She refused to give it back until she got some. I thought I’d just let it slide and let her parents deal with her.

However, after all that, I still do not know why her parents do not punish her since they are actually half-decent. It frustrates me. 

joey_kbt

My grandmother is in the hospital, and I could not even visit because I have been working for the last two days straight. It sucked.

I’m a server in a restaurant. The company is not forcing me to be there, but as my income relies on tips, I have a good amount of my bill-paying money to be made on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 

Not to mention, it was kind of an all-hands-on-deck situation because we have served over 700 people in the last two days.

soundecember

My dad and his siblings fighting over my recently passed grandmother’s house. I miss my grandma and hope my family can work this out, mainly because neither my dad nor his siblings got the house.

My grandma HAD a Will. Something happened to the attorney, so he didn’t contact us until just a few hours ago. Apparently, the house goes to ME. 

The rest of her assets are divided between me my brother, and my 2 cousins. I really do not know what am I gonna do. I’m in my Grandma’s house with my brother, my best friend, and one of my college professors, who gladly agreed to help me. 

I’m a freshman law student, btw). We’ll see what my best course of action is so that my dad, uncles, and aunts can’t do anything to obstruct me from getting the house. I’m probably going to rent it to get some money, and then God knows. 

DannyMorrow29

My grandmother passed away. I’m 1,300 miles away in another state and haven’t seen her since June. She had been declining in health for the last couple of years.

However, I certainly didn’t expect to lose her yesterday. Listening to my grandfather break down in tears or my uncle wanting his momma to come home breaks my heart.

This woman was a mom to me. She cared for me when my own mom wouldn’t. She was my cheerleader, support system, and everything, and now she’s gone. 

My own mother couldn’t even be bothered to call me yesterday or answer my call, letting her know that Nana was in the hospital, dying. Screw you, “mom”.

Coryann78

It was suggested that I drive 4 hours round trip to pick up my grandmother for the day. Guess what? We live the furthest away. 

And I guess I can spend all that time doing it because “I was single with no kids.” That had been their logic ever since, lol. 

Luckily, my mother shot that down, but it pisses me off just thinking about how it’s fine for me but not other families that are in the same freaking town.

OhioMegi

We lost our son a week before Christmas last year. I know how the feeling is, and the year will blur quickly. "Everyone says sorry for your loss, or I couldn't imagine." 

I could not get that day out of my head, and I do not even know where this year went. Every day it was, what the actual fudge?

But a kind elderly lady brought my wife some food that day and gave us some comforting words. She said she lost her son 33 years ago and that it doesn't get better, but it gets easier.

Trust me when I say it gets easier, but there hasn't been a day where I don't think about him. Honor him, love him, don't let him out of your thoughts. Live stronger, love harder, it will be easier.

Bearded-Vagabond

Worked Christmas Eve through the craze. The dude in the line behind me suddenly collapsed. A quick bagger caught him, and I turned around upon hearing the gasp and moved to help support him. 

Then I took the guy's legs as gently as I could, and we maneuvered him out of the immediate walkway while others called 911. I went back to work but stayed aware of what was happening behind me. 

Luckily, the guy woke up after a few minutes. An ambulance came and took him away. I don't know what the cause was exactly. Certainly, I wasn't hungry after that one. Glad he's okay, though.

Another coworker lives alone without family and hasn't gotten a gift in eight years. He's moving away in a month. I got him a small bag I'd filled with inexpensive treats. (Like I can afford much.) He hugged me before going to his car.

MidorBird

I moved away with my girlfriend, and we are both adjunct professors. My original goal was to become a doctor, but I got tired of school and needed a break from school, so I decided to get a job. 

Anyway, I saw them a couple days ago, and the first thing they gave me was the option to do a summer-long MCAT prep course where I stay at a dorm for 3 months straight, about 2 hours away from my new home. 

They try to make it seem like a gift, but it's just them showing annoyance that I'm happy with my professor's job. A day later, I got a long email from my dad complaining he had been working since he was 18 and would like to retire soon, so he couldn't help me anymore. 

He wants me to take the test before September 2020 and that he's been working so long so he could help me with my "dreams." He then states that he thinks I'm stagnant because I'm too content with being a professor. 

I have only taught a semester, so I'm not sure how I've been stagnant. And I'm also 24, so I don't believe I'm stagnant. Overall, it hurt cause they also blamed my girlfriend that I hadn't achieved my dream. 

Still, in reality, I'm so burnt out from two parents telling me constantly to study and do everything or else they'd be disappointed that I wanted a break, so after my Master's, I got a job as fast as I could and moved away.

Lastly, they keep saying my "dream," but in reality, they have taken over this dream, and I'm not even sure what my dream is anymore. 

I really want to go to medical school, but the more they get involved, the more it deters me. I finally got comfortable talking about studying for the test like 3 weeks ago with my girlfriend. 

Still, now I'm scared to talk about it. I know I just rambled, but it helped so much to say how hurt I was when I was told all this.

ProfessorMuffin111

My disabled son can't sleep and hasn't for days. Nobody else is willing to stay up with him. I'm still expected to do a huge festive meal after a huge festive meal with real help without any sleep. 

It's 6 am, and my day isn't over because he just had explosive diarrhea. So I've bathed him for the fourth time today and have his clothes soaking in the washer. 

My cat is senile and cries constantly if she's not being held or fed. She must be fed tiny amounts at a time, or she overeats and vomits. 

My new landlord only gives me the water bill once every three months, I guess when it was due, last week, so I couldn't get my husband a present. So he's pestering me for making out to make up for it. 

I'm exhausted and just started weeping in the kitchen while trying to get out from under all the dishes. I got a coffee cup tossed at my head because someone was pushing my son to participate in passing out presents he didn't understand, so he threw a gift at me. 

I caught it before it hit me in the face, so that's something. My sister refuses to speak to me because I'm apparently a "horrible self-centered person." I think that's it. If I could, I'd walk out the door and never come back.

Ninevehwow

My dad is a mail carrier and has had to work 12-hour days ever since Cyber Monday. Forced to work overtime, on Sundays, etc. 

People at the post office are literally working 80-hour weeks. They're constantly there sorting packages literally 24 hours a day. 

I know it's silly to complain about having too much business. Still, the mail service workers are severely overworked this season. It's not much fun to celebrate a holiday that makes your work a living hell.. so yeah. Christmas was ruined.

itsabeautifulsky

My Stepfather-in-law is horrible to be around at the best of times. Antagonistic, narcissistic, egotistical, literally said once, "All the problems started when women got the vote."

He kicked off on Monday because after my baby spat a carrot down my wife's top, he tried to reach in and remove it. My wife told him no, and he shouted in a restaurant, "How dare you speak to me like that?" 

Then he stormed off. Later, he screamed at her that he had ruined Christmas and that she was nothing and worth nothing. 

Then, he blamed everything on her, denied saying any of those things, and talked about driving his car into a ditch. He was well aware of how our father died. Just a guy full of crap.

PopTrogdor

I don’t want to come off as selfish or ungrateful, but I feel like this is where I can say this. My wife and I have been together for 6 years, and every year, I spend Christmas with her family and away from my own.

Every year, her family buys everyone nearly $1000 worth of stuff, from new phones and computers to games and stuff like that.  

Not me, though. I always get some cheap $5 novelty shirt from Walmart or stuff that they claim is for my wife and me when I have zero use for it, like a makeup kit or a high-end hair dryer.   

Then they, my wife included, get all pissed off at me for being distant or sitting on my phone and scrolling through Reddit. And it’s not like I don’t tell them what I want. 

Every year, they ask what I want, and I send them a link to my Amazon wishlist. The stuff isn’t even expensive. The most expensive thing on there is a $20 wallet. Yet they ignore all of it.

Every year, it always just makes me feel like I’m not welcome into the family. Sorry to vent, but I just needed to say this.

RockyB95

I had to put my 10-year-old Great Dane to rest on Christmas Eve. We had the vet come to our home to do it. We thought that would be more comfortable for her. 

It was heart-wrenching and the most grief our family has experienced. We then had to host Christmas morning with family, but I’d just stop in my tracks, staring at where she should be lying on her bed. 

Or reliving the last few minutes with her. We thought it would be much less traumatic for her to do it in her home, not realizing how traumatic it would be for us. Christmas was filled with sadness and fighting back tears so the kids could still have a great day.

[deleted]

Doctor here, I worked Christmas day, which is fine, but what wasn't fine was a patient who came in pretending to have pain and telling us that opiates and benzos were the only things that worked for her. 

To really play up the 'pain,' she screamed at the top of her lungs. For 3 hours straight. We finally managed to make it particularly clear that we weren't giving her medicine.

Lo and behold. She said she suddenly did not have pain anymore and stopped screaming, stood up, and stormed out. What a weird one. 

enormoussolid

After my mom went through a year of surgery, chemo, and radiation, she finally became cancer-free! Which made us all so happy! 

Soon after she finished radiation, we all went over to visit her, and as usual, I found their cat (who hates me) to say hello. Strangely enough, she let me pet her and licked my hand. 

I thought it was sweet and that she finally liked me. A week later, my mom took her in for surgery since she was not eating. And it turned out she had a massive tumor in her stomach, and they had to put her down a few days before Christmas.

So, the day after they put her down, I went back to their house and paid my respects, and it just broke my heart because my mom didn’t cry once through her chemo. 

That night, I spent five hours making a little cross-stitch kitty, and the next day I framed it. When I got to their house for Christmas, I put it under the tree towards the back.

I placed it where she liked to sit, and she found it while handing out presents. That cat was small and loving, but she couldn’t make it to Christmas. I just hope she had a good time with us.

lola69420

Though probably unintentionally, my Brother-in-law tried by being his usual lazy, narcissistic, neckbeard, weeaboo self. 

While everyone else was running around helping with food prep, he sat on the sofa watching Japanese metal music videos on YouTube. 

When it was pointed out that we needed to get more chairs, it was left to my father-in-law to get them. At the same time, he sat there watching more videos on stuff like how to pick locks or video editing software suggestions.

When someone finally asked him to "put on something more Christmassy," his go-to was a compilation of Japanese Christmas commercials.

He did nothing all day, enabled by his parents, who continued to let him do whatever pleased. They even cooked him a special meal (of course, it was a Japanese-inspired recipe).

It was all because he didn't like Christmas dinner and couldn't even say thanks. He actively avoided trying to help and was rewarded for it, SMH.

Nambot

For the first time in my life, nothing. I didn't spend a second with the family that rejected me when I came out. I didn't sit while my grandparents gaslit everyone. 

I didn't listen to people screaming at the other with awkward tension as one spouse fought with the other over something like glue.

They rejected me last year after I came out, and I did Christmas alone in my own apartment. This year, I spent it with my wonderful partner's family.

Loving and caring people. All accepted me and made me feel like I had a family. There was a single awkward moment that passed in a minute's time. 

That was it. No tears. No throwing things. No sobbing. No, "Just end yourself or stop complaining." I got a Christmas for the first time in my life at 30. It was wonderful.

Cozy_Owee

Dad was drunk and passed out for about a quarter of the time. He was hunched over and stared at the ground during dinner and didn’t eat. 

We were playing a simple dice game at the end of the night, and he couldn’t wrap his head around the 4 rules of the game.

His present to me was a $2 ceramic Valentine’s Day box (price still on it from a garage sale), a pair of gloves, and my own senior picture. 

I had to give him his present from myself twice (he didn’t realize what it was at first) and force him to put it in his wallet so he wouldn’t lose it. I gave him $125 to go get a massage since he has a lot of back pain.

He also forgot to bring the crab legs we were supposed to have at grandma's house, so he called me on my way up to stop by his house and pick them up. He then proceeded to call me a couple more times, upset and wondering why I was late.

I’m 26, and I’ve been dealing with this since I realized how bad his alcoholism is at 10 years old.

[deleted]

My partner of 3 years made a huge deal of how excited they were for everyone to open what they got for everyone. Everyone was quite happy about the thoughtfulness they’d put into it. 

I got clothes that blatantly wouldn’t fit me, in a style I’ve commented many times I don’t like at all. They decided dirty laundry would be a great way to pack said items in the box to throw me off what was in there. 

I’m thankful I got a gift at all but darn it. I feel like they were upset with me and are being passive-aggressive about it. 

Or I just decided I wasn’t worth the same effort as everyone else. Opening that in front of everyone was... yeah. I’m sure this is petty as hell, but my feelings are pretty hurt.

TinyTinasRabidOtter

Loneliness. I went to a friend's party, and a bunch of them started teasing me that I always attend these events on my own and that I would end up alone and bitter if I didn't find someone soon. 

At that moment, I just paused. A decade of having no real relationships and the prospect of another one right around the corner just hit me like a ton of bricks. 

Left the party soon after and spent the afternoon and night staying at a cafe. Still, feel like crap and considering foregoing all social events for the season.

RHBear

I spent over 100 pounds on buying gifts for 7 of my family members ( I didn't put myself into debt or anything). They were good freaking gifts, too. 

It was personalized and everything. In return, they got me a joint gift of a cheap selection box worth £2 and a pair of Christmas glasses (what am I supposed to do with that for the rest of the year). 

I was angry, but I think I hid my frustration well. I'm not really bothered about the gifts. It's just the complete lack of effort. 

Many of them gave each other multiple gifts, while I got cheap chocolate (I'm lactose intolerant) and tacky glasses. I feel left out, and like I was just a last-minute thought. 

Even though we held Christmas at my house. They have never really been good presents, but this takes the cake.

the_very_sad_giraffe

I'm visiting my girlfriend's parent's house for the first time. I called her dog, and he jumped up on the couch over her mom.

It ended up spilling red wine all over their nice, light-colored couch. Her mom is obsessive about keeping a clean house. 

I was stressing about not spilling anything or messing up the cleanliness in any way and proceeded to have the worst thing imaginable happen on my first visit.

albinotadpole52

My truck was stolen in January. My wife ghosted me earlier this year after she got caught cheating. I was forced into an early medical retirement from the injuries I've endured in my career as well. I lost just over $20k in a bad investment. I've buried several people I love this year... and on Christmas Eve, I totaled my car. My tire blew out in the rain, and it put me into the wall. Messed my knee up bad.

I spent all day Christmas trying not to cry, stranded at a friend's house. I almost made it. My friend asked if I wanted to talk about anything.

All I could do was shake my head and walk away with molten hot tears in my eyes. My wife of 15 years just went up and bounced for some "random" guy off Instagram like I wasn't there.

My entire life has fallen apart. That's what ruined Christmas. And I can't help but wish that wall would have totaled me as well... but I'm not that lucky. 

And I don't really want that. Here's to the bright side: at least I didn't have to buy that devious witch a present this year.

what-logic

I'm not one to complain about phones or technology or anything, but my family opens gifts on the night of Christmas Eve, so nobody's forced to wake up early on Christmas.

Pretty much all day today, everyone was just in their rooms, not really socializing, just playing their new games or trying out their new devices. 

It's not like I'm better than anyone else. Still, I dragged my game consoles out in the living room, hoping everyone else would be out there screwing around on their phones.

It turns out the whole "tech breeds antisocial people" thing wasn't referring to the time spent with the tech; it's referring to how people do it.

SleeplessShitposter

My mum is like a Christmas dictator. I'm an only child, and there are 3 of us. I flew over to visit as I felt they were alone. I got a new tattoo (I have a lot already), and she spent the 24th shouting at me about it and then ignoring me the rest of the day. Well, I’m 30.

Then, on the 25th, she made us race through gifts and not actually have a chance to enjoy the process. My half-sister rang halfway through, and she kicked up a stink that my dad answered her during gift-giving.

Then I went to eat some chocolate because lunch wasn't until 3pm, and she told me I needed to diet and took them away. Basically, I shouted every time I wanted to have a snack, as I should not eat until lunch.

Basically, she tried to micromanage me whilst constantly telling me (I'm actually under the UK average-size woman) that I shouldn't be eating. It pretty much sucked the fun out of the day, and then I had a panic attack. I fly home today, thank god.

lolathe

On Christmas Eve, I was cooking dinner, and the oven died. This led to me getting pissy because I'm the one who does all the cooking. 

I woke up Christmas morning and went to the gym with my S/O. Whilst there, I started to have to think about how I could get the food cooked with no oven or stovetop. 

I got home, went into the garage, and dug up a portable stovetop and an electric fry pan. Cooked the roast lamb in the small toaster oven.

Then the roast veggies in the electric fry pan, and the gravy and other boiled veggies on the stove top. It wasn't pretty, but I think everyone was satisfied. So I guess it was more a ruined Xmas Eve and a pain in the arse Xmas.

ManOfIronAnSteel

Well, on December 9th at work, I was 8 feet up an extension ladder when the bottom slid out from under me. I managed to land on my feet.

But one of those feet was under a rung on the ladder, and I landed on top of the ladder, so...a severe Lisfranc fracture with multiple breaks and dislocations and torn ligaments in my left foot. 

But surgery is on the 27th (now that the swelling has gone down), so I can finally get on the road to recovery! But yeah, kinda took the shine off Christmas.

Dylsnick

A few days ago, my boyfriend of 2 years got sent to jail for something he did during Thanksgiving. Yeah, it really sucked.

Now, I'm not only having Christmas without him, but I am also in the limbo of whether I should break up with him or not. It was very painful to think.

He's the absolute love of my life, and we were going to get married and buy a house, and now I don't know if all of that is ruined or not. It's been really hard.

creepyflyer

My flatmate/best friend went out for a couple of hours on Christmas morning to see some friends and promised to be back no later than 4 pm. 

She’d been going on for months that it was going to be the best Christmas ever for me, a big feast just the two of us. I've had an awful Christmas for my whole adult life. 

She wanted to make it the best Christmas ever for me. I was excited about Christmas for the first time in so long. At four-thirty, she texted me saying she wanted to keep partying. 

I told her to go ahead. Have fun. But it honestly was the worst Christmas. I’ve had a better Christmas by myself without the expectation of my best friend letting me down so hard.

bliss1012

I'm serving my husband with divorce papers next week. My parents and siblings know, but my husband doesn't. I am just so tired of his crap.

Well, he got in a fight with his supervisor at work and is now unemployed and has no intention of finding work and every intention of mooching off of me as long as he can. 

This isn't the first time, either. I wanted to have one last good Christmas with our young daughter, and she had a good time. 

Still, it was awkward for everyone, knowing that my husband was about to have an atomic bomb dropped on him next week. Good riddance.

obvithwy609

I always try to make an effort to catch up with and include people in conversations at family gatherings. After feeling like nobody had asked me about my life in return, my aunt finally asked about my pet snake over dinner.

I kept it clean. I've some experience doing reptile shows for children, birthday parties and the like. So, I know that not all people are fans of Snakes. 

I avoided talking about her food or even handling her and instead just discussed the enclosure I'd built for her. I'm proud of it. 

It's easily twice the size of some of the largest store-bought aquariums that most people use, and I built a sprayer system for humidity control. All custom!

Well, during my explanation, and not long into it either, my grandmother nudged my elbow from her seat beside me. She interrupted with, "I just have to say, I always thought you were weird."

Thanks, Grandma. See you next year.

BlueBeleren

I have something that was 50/50ish? I live in Australia, and there are fires freaking everywhere. We've 'evacuated' twice this month already. 

It just felt sad sitting in our home, knowing so many people had lost houses whilst firefighters were out there not spending time with family and not even getting paid for it. 

We made some care packages? I dunno. The upside was that it rained on Christmas for the first time in a good three months - it was incredible. 

We were all so relieved even my cat went outside to enjoy it. I'm not religious, but I'm sure that if I were, I would consider that a Christmas miracle.

atozyisgod

Ruined may be a little strong for what happened. It’s more petty/annoying than anything. Everything was fine until a bit after everyone left. 

I didn’t see what my brother and sister-in-law got my dad, and he didn’t say anything. It turns out that my brother got him a $50 gift card for a well-known cafe. 

No big deal, right? Wrong. My dad refuses to even set foot in that store because “they are anti-everything I’m pro- (anti-police, liberal, etc.)“ 

He ended up telling me and my mom to use it and complained about it for a bit. On top of all this, he probably won’t even say anything to my brother about it. The stupidity of it all has been bothering me for a while.

MsUnoriginal7531

My girlfriend of 6 years didn't get me anything. It's not entirely her fault, to be fair. It's been a tough year for us, and we almost broke up a week before Christmas.

However, I got her a Pandora bracelet with the first charm being rope tied together to form a heart (to symbolize us repairing our love) with the concept of getting an additional charm for every milestone we make from here on out.

I don't really blame her for not getting me something due to the circumstances, but it did hurt. So yeah, this isn't a "my girlfriend is super horrible" post. Just needed to vent, I guess.

BITmixit

The kids are sick, and it got my wife and me sick. My wife hasn’t talked to her brother (over a year now) and told me on Christmas Day that she wants to cut off contact with her parents over the rift caused by her brother. 

We spent Christmas by ourselves because her brother was at her parent's house. They are our only real support network, and we need the occasional day off from our kids. 

We love our kids, but they have behavioral problems and autism, and every day is freaking exhausting. It’s been an emotional holiday season.

Well, it’s because it’s the first one since my wife’s stage 4 big C diagnosis. I have a splitting headache, and the kids are demanding attention. Merry Christmas.

ChefChopNSlice

This might sound petty, but here it goes. My wife and I journeyed home from Maine to Colorado. We gave my family very thoughtful gifts. 

Very personalized stuff and some beautiful things that my wife crafted. My parents gave us a mug. One of my brothers gave us a mug. 

My other brother gave us a mug and a bag of coffee that he gets for free from his job at Starbucks. The last brother gave us nothing at all, not even a card. 

That last brother was given a couple video games from my other brothers and a super expensive bottle of booze from my parents. 

It’s not that gift-giving is about keeping score. But my wife and I are trying hard to understand why we came to visit if we were barely an afterthought for everyone. Rather, we stayed home with our pets in our comfy little house in Maine and saved the effort.

VinceGchillin

My grandma received a mini fridge this Christmas, stumbled upon the packaging, and fell face-first on the floor. Everyone got up screaming. 

Her nose is now blue and broken, her pinky is swollen, and her arm is so painful for her. Then, during dinner, my brother got a migraine and got super irritable and pissy with his toddler.

He went to sit alone in another room after throwing the child's plush on the floor because it offended him she had it near the dining table. 

Finally, my mom randomly got up and went upstairs, telling me to take care of hosting as she was feeling unwell. My brother left early after that since now half the family was injured/sick.

I went up to check on her and stepped in vomit as she was lying on the floor, not moving. My heart stopped (for the second time this evening as I thought she was dead (she was not ofc). Proceeded to take care of my sobbing mom, throwing up everywhere all night until now. Merry Christmas, y’all.

DarknessBeauty

The husband stayed up all night and only had 1 hour of sleep. He complained all morning and wouldn’t get up or get ready when we had to be at my parents. 

Basically, he blamed me for staying up playing video games. He then continued to argue with me for the rest of the day, and then he would DENY he had ever done anything. 

He would make excuses to go to the restroom or the car only to get high and come back and then deny he was high at all. It was that, paired with everything else. 

It was not a good day emotionally for me. I’m tired of my once-happy marriage. It’s days like these where I'd rather just enjoy my son and cat's company and live alone.

oheadinthecloudso

My GF breaking up with me. Everything was fine. I traveled for about an hour and a half to be with her and her family. They were all happy to see me on Christmas Eve, and I stayed the night. 

We opened our presents after dinner and went to bed. But my GF seemed distant and wanted to take a break. After an hour or so of talking, we decided to get some rest and talk about it in the morning.

We woke up Christmas morning, and she seemed to be in a better mood. We got through most of the day and went to the rest of her family's place. 

We had dinner around 3, spent time with the family, and went out to the theatre, where she brought up going on a break again. 

After the movie, we came home, both obviously upset, and she wouldn't even look at me. We went to her room, had a late-night dinner, and discussed most of it. 

Turned out she had been cheating on me for a few days and started crying. We both had a long talk about it, and I was trying to find out what happened to get a better understanding. 

She answered everything as truthfully as I could tell, but now she wants nothing to do with me, and I have to leave to make the trip back home in about an hour.

AwakenShadows

My dog decided to pee right next to the tree right before we were going to open gifts. Almost all of mine got wet. What a sneaky dog.

It wasn’t that bad because the pee didn’t really soak through the wrapping paper and boxes the gifts were in, but man, it smelled bad.

And it was annoying to clean up first thing Christmas morning. My mom was close to losing her temper, but the rest of us didn’t let it get us down.

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