We put so much effort into the winter holidays. – and yet it can all go so horribly awry.

From bad decor to photo fails, it can’t all go off without a hitch.

These 20 photos show some of our favorite festive fails.

1. Mommy, what’s an anagram?

Well, little Jimmy, an anagram is a word you can make when you rearrange the letters of another word. Take Santa, for example.

An anagram would be Satan.

But as far as we know, they’re not the same guy.

Merry christmas from r/funny

2. Not so frozen

Looks like Olaf hit the beach because he’s looking a little…melted?

Frankly, he looks like he’s been in more trouble than that.

This nightmare of a Christmas ornament from r/CrappyDesign

3. Christmas zombie bears

Was this in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? We just can’t remember who gave us the gift of the hypnotizing zombie bears.

They’re so wholesome.

So do they steal the presents or the children?

The mall in my city is getting ready for Christmas with bears that stare into your soul. from r/pics

4. Le Tits Now!

It just never gets old. And yet it’s so juvenile that we’re surprised they even still make wrapping paper that makes it this easy to be crude.

Or maybe it’s meant to give us a holiday giggle every year.

gyes, guess what this present is it is funny lol x)
(warning no safe for work it has tits in it, the word contains tits) i also do an AMA from r/im14andthisisfunny

5. Nope

There’s just something really not funny about child abuse. Ever.

We won’t call this a funny fail, just a genuine fail.

Found the second version of “Please Stop, Santa” from r/CrappyDesign

6. How many hos live in hoville?

There’s a reason Whoville is spelled with a W.

And there’s usually a reason we don’t use it for holiday parties. It just has a way of bringing out the (immature) children in all of us.

My partners work is having a grinch themed Christmas, its supposed to say whoville. from r/CrappyDesign

7. You can’t unsee it

Once you picture these as underwear, you’ll never be able to see them as anything else.

How could someone hang these up and not notice this?

But the real question is will the town use them again next year/=?

Underpant Christmas ornaments from r/CrappyDesign

8. Little angels

So those are candles, huh? Because we don’t mean to be inappropriate but those just simply DON’T look like candles.

Do they hire people to make sure these double as gag gifts?

My grandmas new candle holders from r/CrappyDesign

9. Poopmas tree

What else could it be? Is this a chocolate swirl Christmas tree? No.

This is just a bad choice of color. Very bad.

Mall Christmas Tree from r/CrappyDesign

10. Socks suck

Just in case you were thinking of buying someone socks for Christmas, just remember that socks suck.

In fact, you can send them this card earlier in the month just so they get the hint.

This “Christmas Socks” postcard from r/CrappyDesign

11. We’d like to see those lights at work

OOH, FLICKERING.

That’s NOT what the font suggests.

yeah, you don’t want those christmas lights on your tree. #ChristmasFail pic.twitter.com/R1Qxn1NfGM

— Kenny Jones (@kennyjonesradio) December 16, 2014

12. Did they get these at the gag store?

Oh, c’mon! How do you not see exactly what these look like? And once you do, how can you possibly keep them up?

No one wants to have this conversation with kiddos while you’re driving around during the holidays.

These Christmas lights from r/CrappyDesign

13. Tree fail

See, this is why we use evergreens like pine trees. They don’t look nearly as phallic.

Then again, this is what we think they were going for.

Christmas Tree Fail from r/CrappyDesign

14. Lazy reindeer

Can bunnies pull a sled? Was it really too much trouble for Lindt to make a new mold?

Or do they really think those look like reindeer?

Sure.. “reindeer” from r/pics

15. Christmas what now?

Font matters. It turns facts into farts.

But to be fair, it now makes for a much funnier gift choice.

Terrible font choice on a Christmas book made me do a double-take. from r/CrappyDesign

16. Yule log?

Sorry, Reeses, this isn’t a tree? In fact, reindeer droppings is the closest your getting with this design.

You’re lucky those peanut butter treats are so delicious.

Reeses, I need answers from r/funny

17. Plunge away the memories

How very festive.

We neither want branches on our plunger or a Christmas tree in our toilet, so we’re going to pass on this big of holiday cheer.

18. Seek and find the creepiness

There’s so much wrong here. The peeping Tom, the split pants – this is not holiday-friendly!

This 12 days of Christmas seek and find book for children from r/CrappyDesign

19. The Christmas toe

Who decided to make baby Jesus look like a severed toe?!

Someone’s ending up on the naughty list for this monstrosity.

I sat there, staring, wonderding why my religious Mother in Law had a severed Toe Christmas tree orament. Upon closer inspection… from r/funny

20. Satanic cookies

Well, everybody likes cookies, even fallen angels.

And wouldn’t Santa be proud of you for sharing cookies with everyone?

I wouldn’t have guessed that the North Pole is his scene. from r/CrappyDesign

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Look at it this way – at least you’re more ready for Christmas than anyone who has these scenes in their life!

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