{"id":23549,"date":"2024-12-24T18:05:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T17:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=23549"},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:05:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T17:05:34","slug":"13-people-who-played-santa-and-created-more-chaos-than-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=23549","title":{"rendered":"13 People Who Played Santa and Created More Chaos Than Cheer"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to choosing the perfect gifts for your family, this can be a real challenge, especially when it\u2019s for the kids. Maybe you want to pick something they\u2019ll love, but the stakes feel even higher\u2014either they might not be thrilled with what you got, or, in a few cases, they might get overly attached to it. This can create a whole new set of challenges.<\/p>\n

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For illustrative purposes only.
\nStory 1
\nAfter a year of begging, I got my kid a kitten for Christmas. But within a week, I realized the kitten was more trouble than I expected. Food disappeared from the counter, pillows were shredded, and my favorite plant was mysteriously tipped over.<\/p>\n

I reached my breaking point when I walked into the kitchen to find my kid spilling juice all over the carpet. \u201cThe kitten made me do it!\u201d she cried, holding the kitten like an accomplice. I was speechless.<\/p>\n

Story 2
\nI got my son a walkie-talkie set for Christmas, and he was thrilled. He and his friend Emma spent hours running around the neighborhood, pretending to be spies. I thought it was harmless fun, but a week later, Emma\u2019s mom called me, furious. \u201cYour son\u2019s behavior is inappropriate!\u201d she yelled. Confused, I asked what happened.<\/p>\n

Turns out, my son had been using the walkie-talkie to hide in the bushes and scare Emma with ghost noises. She was so frightened that she refused to go outside alone anymore. I sat my son down and explained how his prank had hurt Emma\u2019s feelings. He felt awful and apologized to her the next day.<\/p>\n

Story 3<\/p>\n

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Story 4
\nI bought my son the special \u201cslime\u201d soap. He literally squeezed it down the drain in the shower, because watching it go down is apparently more exciting than using it again. \u00a9 what-the-wha \/ Reddit<\/p>\n

Story 5
\nWhen my daughter was about 4 (she\u2019s 23 now), my younger brother thought it would be absolutely hilarious if he bought my daughter a drum set. Needless to say, neither me nor my wife were particularly thrilled about that. And we promised revenge.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, when my 3-year-old niece opened the big box from her uncle and aunt, my brother\u2019s eyes got as big as a dinner platter as he saw that we had actually returned the favor by buying HIS daughter a 4-piece drum set. \u00a9 UncleJay74 \/ Reddit<\/p>\n

Story 6<\/p>\n

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Story 7
\nWe got my brother a little watch that he can make phone calls on. We all have about 100 missed calls on our phones. We can\u2019t make him stop. \u00a9 katcat98 \/ Reddit<\/p>\n

Story 8
\nI bought my son noise-canceling gamer headphones. Now I have to walk to him and make eye contact to talk. I forgot he likes being upstairs when I am always downstairs. I can yell all day, but he can\u2019t hear me. It\u2019s so frustrating, but I\u2019m liking the workout. \u00a9 Healers*** \/ Reddit<\/p>\n

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For illustrative purposes only.
\nStory 9
\nI got my 2-year-old nephew a full fireman costume so he could play dress up. Full suit, helmet, visor, plastic axe, and fire extinguisher that sprays real water. You know what else it has? A whistle. My sister is not pleased with me. \u00a9 jenniferfey \/ Reddit<\/p>\n

Story 10
\nMy grandma got my baby sister a toy baby that cries non-stop. I didn\u2019t know toys like that actually existed, but here I am, still listening to a crying toy baby because my 1-year-old sister is not a loving mother. \u00a9 nates*** \/ Reddit<\/p>\n

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Story 12
\nMy mother got my baby a keyboard that makes cat sound effects on each key because I work for a feral cat rescue. My husband spent an hour learning to play a song on it. My cats are traumatized by the sounds. The baby doesn\u2019t care about it yet, but I know my husband won\u2019t let me get rid of the thing. \u00a9 LadySilvie \/ Reddit<\/p>\n

Story 13
\nMy divorced parents inevitably bought me the same Christmas present every single year and then had a huge fight about it. It was never worth the toy. \u00a9 monkey-bread \/ Reddit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it comes to choosing the perfect gifts for your family, this can be a real challenge, especially when it\u2019s for the kids. Maybe you want to pick something they\u2019ll love, but the stakes feel even higher\u2014either they might not be thrilled with what you got, or, in a few cases, they might get overly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23555,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23549\/revisions\/23555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}