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‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (December 20, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

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30-year-old who moved from Colombia to France decides to skip Christmas after her older sister mocks her efforts to attend family events by saying inconvenience is the price of family: ‘ I only asked for my limits to be respected’

Etai Eshet

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'I ended up cooking almost everything myself. Again': Eldest sister of 8 refuses to host another big family Christmas after everyone fails to contribute to the last festivity

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Entitled brother demands family celebrate Christmas in January after his wife decides she's too tired from work to come to dinner on Christmas Eve: ‘We're taking the day off’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Grandma refuses to babysit her 4 and 6-year-old grandchildren on Christmas, so her son and daughter-in-law can go to a football game: 'They want me to watch the kids from noon until they come to dinner.'

Emmy Pratt

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35-year-old deliberately works on Christmas Day to avoid spending Christmas with his cruel father: 'I can finally have a Christmas that feels good and relaxed.'

Emmy Pratt

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New mom refuses to invite husband's parents to Christmas despite inviting her own family, claims she's still "healing" from having a baby: 'You're not still healing, you're manipulating the situation'

JR Atkinson

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6-year-old granddaughter opens Christmas presents from her grandma a week before Christmas, grandma refuses to buy her more presents despite her mother's insistence: 'The mother wants me to let her take the original presents home.'

Emmy Pratt

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Manager places 4ft Christmas tree on employees desk, protests when she calls HR to get it moved: 'The lights are constantly blinking in my eyes'

Ally Perry

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Holiday Feasts Are Making Me Crave ‘Girl Dinner’ Again

Jesse Kessenheimer

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1 Week 'Til Christmas: 24 Holly Jolly Memes to Jingle Your Bells This Season (December 17, 2025)

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Sister Kate converts Secret Santa into a mandatory Sephora and Lululemon gift wishlist, enforces the brand-name requirements, leading brother to opt out: ‘I’m not broke, but I’m also not out here buying brand-name things just because they have a logo’

Etai Eshet

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Cheating father declares he's bringing the other woman to family Christmas, 28-year-old daughter hosting refuses and cancels the festivities: ‘[My] dad turned my home into a test of loyalty…’

Elna McHilderson

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New Christmas Movies Will Never Replace the Classics Because Nostalgia is Too Powerful

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Mother-in-law schedules Christmas party 3 days before her daughter-in-law’s, with the same guests, starting a festive standoff over who gets to host the family celebration, pushing the 53-year-old wife to boycott the dinner

Etai Eshet

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Dad promises 14-year-old son a Japan trip if he maintains a 3.5 GPA and saves $3000 by the time he's 18, reneges on offer after he maintains a 3.7 GPA and saves $5000: 'Let's do a road trip somewhere in the US instead.'

Emmy Pratt

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