The holiday season is upon us! This time of year is all about family fun, magical memories, and giving joy to the world. So why does it make so many of us want to crawl into a discarded cardboard box and shop ourselves to Kalamazoo?! Thankfully, none of us keep enough stamps around to give in to this temptation, but there are plenty of funny holiday memes that playfully poke at all the madness of the season until our funny bone just can’t take it anymore. So come join us as we celebrate all the wonders of not feeling alone in being totally overwhelmed by the holiday season.
24 Holiday Memes So Hysterical You'll LOL
Holiday Meme #1
Cookie exchange parties: When the recipe, itself, is gift enough.via Housewife of Hell
Holiday Meme #2
Decorating the tree: I hope you didn't have high expectations for ornament feng shui.via Simon Holland
Holiday Meme #3
The Elf on the Shelf: He’s there for all the “SO HELP ME” situations you need him for.via Science of Parenthood
Holiday Meme #4
Office Secret Santas: When you get to give the gift of an obvious guess at what the recipient might want to smell like!via Rubber Shoes in Hell
Holiday Meme #5
Christmas cards: There's a reason not everyone writes a letter.via My Questionable Life
Holiday Meme #6
Holiday music: When evening the score would mean playing that Nat King Cole record about 10,000 more times…today.via My Dishwasher’s Posessed by Kathy Radigan
Holiday Meme #7
Holiday sparkle: NO.
via Designer Daddy
Holiday Meme #8
Winter break: No matter how good your intentions are, you’re not gonna last in Poppins mode for long.via Ripped Jeans and Bifocals by Jill Robbins
Holiday Meme #9
Gingerbread house building: If you’re quiet enough, you can hear the frosting screaming as the roof collapses on it again.via Vintage Dreams with a Modern Twist
Holiday Meme #10
The full schedule: It’s not uncommon to fall behind. Very, very behind.via WhyNotMom
Holiday Meme #11
Avoiding coal: Unless, of course, your kid is way more clever than you.via Paige Kellerman
Holiday Meme #12
Empty threats: They know it’s baloney. We know it’s baloney. But we’re still gonna try it.via Difficult Mommy
Holiday Meme #13
Hopes and dreams: There’s nothing like dousing the sparkle in their eyes with the reality of real-world budgetary restraints, is there?via The Mom TruthBomb
Holiday Meme #14
Hosting holiday parties: It's nice to play hostess! To a point.via Ramblin' Mama
Holiday Meme #15
Family time: Those who scroll together, stay together. Or something like that.via Stacey Gill
Holiday Meme #16
Preparing for the big day: Why didn’t anyone tell you to start sooner?
via Six Pack Mom
Holiday Meme #17
Yetis: Only a beast like this in the hands of a tot can cure your wintertime crankies.via Jocelyn Jane Cox of The Home Tome
Holiday Meme #18
Baby’s first holiday: Just don’t do the math and it will make TOTAL sense.via Dad and Buried
Holiday Meme #19
Big kid gifts: Remember when you used to complain about all the cheapo little things your kids wanted to play with? Those were the good old days.via The Runaway Mama
Holiday Meme #20
Wrapping gifts: There is no energy bar—fruitcake flavored or otherwise—that can keep us from waning five hours into a wrapping frenzy.via Sammiches and Psych Meds
Holiday Meme #21
Time off with your siblings: Well that escalated quickly.
via Mama’s Doody
Holiday Meme #22
Caroling: Fa-la-la-la-la la-la la-OMG HOW MUCH LONGER DOES THIS SONG LAST?via MotherPlaylist
Holiday Meme #23
Holiday shopping: When good people go bad. So very bad.
via Can I Get Another Bottle of Whine?
Holiday Meme #24
The Night Before Christmas: The clatter that arose is just you trying to be OH SO QUIET while sneaking everything under the tree before the kids wake up.via Mommy Owl by Lauren Lodder