anonymous
United States
Today, after spending hours putting up our tree and decorating it, it fell over and shattered the glass ornaments. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
Dave
Birmingham, United States
A cat called Bruce
Today, we spent hours decorating the Christmas tree, perfectly balancing the lights, ornaments, and tinsel. Ten minutes later, the cat thought it was a right time to reenact Die Hard and climbed up the tree, knocking it over. Now my ornaments are shattered, and my cat is smugly sitting in the wreckage. FML
Julie
East Brunswick, United States
Today, I woke up to find our Christmas tree knocked over, unwrapped presents scattered everywhere, and my mom passed out on the sofa with a bottle of booze. Merry Christmas. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, our Christmas tree was damaged beyond repair after my son and his friends borrowed it for a little experiment. They tied balloons to the branches and tried to make it fly, after seeing a similar video online. FML
treeless
Canada
Today, my apartment was broken into. The thief stole my TV, $350, and my Christmas tree. There is still a trail of broken ornaments from my living room to the door. FML
shaggyberaddy
This FML is from back in 2018 but it's good stuff
Christmas Chaos
Today, I spent 15 minutes trying to get my cat out of our seven-foot Christmas tree. Once he was done, he tore about the house and broke the nativity scene, beheading baby Jesus and a wise man in the process. The tree is fucked. FML
wjones
United States
Today, my family and I were decorating the Christmas tree. It seemed a bit unstable, but we decorated it without any problems. Later, while my daughter sat by the tree, it began to fall. Her grandmother stopped the tree from hitting her. I, on the other hand, screamed like a little girl. I'm a 38 year-old guy. FML
Tree of life
Merry Christmas!
Today, I bought a Christmas tree and carried it up three flights of stairs alone. I finally got it inside, only to realize it was too tall. I tried trimming it, but now it’s crooked, shedding everywhere, and leaning like it gave up on life. I hope the greenish marks on the ceiling won't be permanent. FML
Lindsey Taul
Granite City, United States
Today, while driving home from work, I heard a loud crash immediately followed by the sound of wind and shifting glass over my head. My sunroof exploded for no perceptible reason 5 days before Christmas. FML
awesome
United States
Today, my Christmas tree was finally shipped. FML
blumaster04
United States
Today, in an effort to repair our fake Christmas tree, my girlfriend succeeded in gluing it to the floor. I can't get it loose. FML
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mspoutylips 8
When things like this happen to me, I jus sit on the floor & put on a sad face. :(
StoryOfTheYear 15
Spouse: Honey, what's this? OP: That's the stand.
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Aveleen 1
today, after writing a sentence, the subjunctive clause thought there was something with it.
squidly28 1
Happened to me last year
159_fml 17
This happens to me once every few years
mattorama 15
Gotta be extra careful tightening up the base securely. Though isn't the tree going to be completely done for in a month's time anyway? Back when I still bothered putting up a tree, I'd just buy a pre decorated fake one on the 26th for 75% off, save it until next year, put it up, throw it out after Christmas and repeat.
Isoldael 27
If it's a fake one, why throw it out? They don't die off like real ones, might as well re-use it. If you think it's boring to have the same deco every year, just strip it off and use your own deco. This sounds kinda... Wasteful :p
Slackness 10
Err hello? it's f**king November the last time I checked. Maybe you should consider starting around February next time! Farkwit!
Aperr 2
That's what happens when you decorate your Christmas tree in BLOODY November.
stoptrying 9
Heaven forbid someone get it done early, huh *******?
mrosew442 10
"hey, it's January already? Happy Valentines day!" "oh look, it's already June! Wanna go see Red White and Boom?" "its finally September! Happy Halloween!" Hmmmm...
stoptrying 9
since they were preparing for Christmas and not actually celebrating it, let me fix that for you. "hey, it's January already? Good time to get the valentines presents" "oh look, it's already June! Good time to buy the fireworks" "its finally September! Good time to buy costumes" Nice try though.
QueenPerrywinkle 1
Thats what you get for setting up your tree so early lol
emilyfreeman 0
That is some ba bs. ;)
DGHero 0
YDI for getting into the "consumer ***** spirit" late.
Muser97 1
That happens to us every year. We have to tie it the curtan rod