These Christmas family photos are the most awkward you’ll see today

Bad Santas with ghostly faces, matching Christmas jumpers and the whole family naked in the living room, these photographs are definitely on the naughty list

From UK Mirror

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – captured in the most awful and awkward way possible.

Bad Santas with ghostly faces, matching Christmas jumpers and the whole family naked in the living room, these photographs are definitely on the naughty list.

Pole dancing with the whole family – it’s what Christmas is all about (Photo: Mercury)

After dinner, dad’s going to get his guitar out (Photo: Mercury)

It really is the happiest time of the year (Photo: Mercury)

The most troubling thing about this photo is still that wallpaper (Photo: Mercury)

Merry Damm Christmas!

A family, just before they were run over by Santa (Photo: Mercury)

Who’s a big baby? (Photo: Mercury)

What do you want for Christmas? (Photo: Mercury)

And we have a winner! (Photo: Mercury)

One family even braved the winter chill to strip down and show off their brand new hot tub.

 

This picture wasn’t even planned or posed for. It just happened.                                 (Photo: Mercury)

If you want to see your child again, send $300,000 in unmarked bills to Santa, Lapland (Photo: Mercury)

Looking good, guys (Photo: Mercury)

Some went even further, dropping the swimming trunks and bikinis, favoring a fig leaf – instead of mistletoe – to cover their modesty in saucy family shots.

Others covered up in the retro-styled Christmas sweaters that are all the rage at the moment but some of these festive frights are more suited to Halloween.

Although even the worst woolen wear can’t match one family’s own tie-dye fashion disaster.

They at least took the trouble to co-ordinate their clobber.

The smile on children’s faces at Christmas often makes the months of work that parents put in to finding the perfect present all worth it.

But instead their kid’s terrible tantrums and tears have been turned into cherished memories in these pics.

One naughty boy was even wrapped up in Christmas lights as a punishment – Santa surely didn’t visit him that year.

Even old Mr Claus himself has been risking the sack with a few creepy pictures.

St Nicks were snapped letting beards slip, dozing after a few too many sherries and one bad Santa even boasted a black eye.

This album of awkwardness certainly proves the saying you can ‘pick your friends but you can’t pick your family’ is true.

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