Today, I waited anxiously until midnight to open my Christmas presents. As the clock struck midnight, I ran out into the living room, super-excited to open them, only to discover that everyone in our house had already opened theirs, and had all gone to bed. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my family decided to break tradition and wake up at midnight to open presents. I didn't find out until I went downstairs to get a glass of water in the middle of the night, and found wrapping paper and empty boxes everywhere. FML
Today, I wrapped all my Christmas gifts at midnight. In my exhaustion, I forgot to label them. On Christmas morning, everyone will open presents while I try to remember who was supposed to get socks versus who was supposed to get a coffee maker. FML
Today, it's Christmas Day. Normally, my family would be opening gifts right now. Instead, my mom is holding our gifts hostage until we clean the house. Apparently, "The presents aren't going anywhere." FML
Today, I stayed up until 4 am. I was waiting for both my cats to fall asleep, so I could play Santa and stuff their stockings in secret. FML
Today, after spending hours wrapping the presents for Christmas, I came back into the room to find that my dog had lost his toy, knocked over all the presents, and was frantically ripping at everything to find it. FML
Today, my boyfriend decided to give me my Christmas present early because he's going to his grandparents' house for Christmas and won't see me. I was excited, until I unwrapped a sweater that I left there a month ago. FML
Today, I came home after doing some Black Friday shopping for Christmas presents. I told my husband I got the must-have toy our daughter has been dying for. As soon as I said it, I heard squealing and turned around to see her standing right behind me. There goes the surprise. FML
Today, my mom got drunk and decided to unwrap all my Christmas gifts and throw them at the wall. Ho, ho, ho. FML
Today, I sat for 3 hours at my boyfriend's Christmas celebrations. He has 22 cousins. They open presents one at a time. In silence. I got nothing. FML
Today, I was wrapping Christmas presents while watching a terrible Netflix Christmas movie to get into the holiday spirit. Halfway through, I realized I had wrapped my scissors and tape inside one of the gifts. Now I’m sitting here with unwrapped gifts and a deep annoyance at Christmas all together. FML
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MagneticGuitar 0
Meg Griffin, is that you?
darkblue_13 0
is there no communication in your house? don't you open presents together? why would you open presents at midnight by yourself?
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Comments (54)
flashback.miss 28
the early bird catches the worm, and you got the bird...
bobmandude 0
Wow your siblings/parents Suck balls.
My2864 1
i dont get the american obsession with christmass i personally hate christmass and only open the presents cause its a fun celebration with family.. how can they be so selfish to not even wake you up...
Playdate 0
Oh man! That sucks!! I'm sorry you live with such lame people :(
lickmyjock 0
LOL! Nice. At least you aren't still at work like I am.
Lolitia 4
-hugs- I'm sorry, that sucks,
MagneticGuitar 0
Meg Griffin, is that you?
TheUnnamedOne 0
LOL
lindsaylikeomg 0
OMG LMFAO!!!!!!!!
gottobeme123 4
Omg I almost died when I read this!!!!
newsgit 0
**** with their presents as payback.
RufusCade 7
WTF? Why don't you open your presents together? That just shows that getting presents at x-man is all about getting, not giving. So f-cking selfish of you and your family! YDI
mugglewump 0
Lol "x-man" :)
Stevo7749 0
yee x-man
xsuicidal_memori 0
heehee x-man :)
blondie2476 9
I'm assuming op meant that they usually open presents all together, but this year her family didn't tell her they were opening presents before midnight, so it's not necessarily their fault
pinkster2014 25
*x-mas lol
PuppiesKisses 19
Yeah, screw people who like opening presents on Christmas. We're all horrible people who deserve to have shitty stuff happen to us. That or you're an idiotic jerk. One of the two.
wolfpackchick10 0
Why would your family do that and not come & get you? That just doesn't really make any sense...I'm finding it a little hard to believe. But perhaps you just have an asshole family.
darkblue_13 0
is there no communication in your house? don't you open presents together? why would you open presents at midnight by yourself?
1goodthing 0
YDI for not spending christmaseve together obviously