I remember a story where a child wrote a letter to Santa asking for a real unicorn. On Christmas morning, his parents had found a white horse with a horn glued to its head in the backyard. It was a really creative and funny way for the parents to surprise their child. The look on the kid's face was priceless.
In one family, they always put up a nativity scene outside. One year, a group of neighborhood kids decided to 'help' by adding their toys to the scene. So there were action figures and dolls all around the baby Jesus. It was a very comical sight. The family left it like that for a while because it brought so much laughter to everyone who passed by.
One memorable funny story is when a family's cat climbed into the Christmas tree. Every time they tried to get it out, it would climb higher. Eventually, it just sat on top of the tree like it was its new throne. Another is about a man who dressed as Santa for a charity event. He accidentally sat on a whoopee cushion that a naughty kid had placed on the chair right before. His 'ho ho ho' turned into a surprised yelp. It was hilarious.
Well, I remember a story where a group of friends were having a Christmas gift exchange. One person had wrapped their gift in multiple layers of very tough tape. When it was time to open it, the recipient struggled so much that they ended up using a pair of scissors and accidentally cut through the gift inside. It was a small ornament and it broke into pieces. Everyone burst out laughing.
A memorable one was when a child made a Christmas card for his teacher. He drew a very distorted Christmas tree with ornaments all over the place. And instead of writing 'Merry Christmas', he wrote 'Happy Tree Day'. The teacher found it so endearing and funny that she kept it for years.
There was this one office where they had a live nativity scene as part of the Christmas celebration. One of the employees playing a shepherd accidentally tripped over a lamb prop and fell into the manger. It was chaos but super funny. The whole office was talking about it for weeks.
One really funny story is about a raccoon that climbed up a chimney thinking there was food inside. When it got to the fireplace, it was covered in soot and looked like a little black ghost. It ran around the living room scaring everyone until it found some cookies and ran back out. There was also a hen that laid an egg right on the Christmas dinner table. It was quite a surprise for the family. And a fox once got into a shed full of Christmas decorations and ended up with a string of lights around its tail as it ran away.
In a family, a child really wanted a tablet for Christmas. But his parents wrapped up a big box with a picture of a tablet on it. Inside was just a piece of paper that said 'You need to earn it first'. It was a funny way to teach the child about working hard for what you want while still having a bit of Christmas fun. The child ended up getting the tablet a few months later after achieving good grades at school.
My cousin got a singing fish plaque one Christmas. Every time someone walked by it, it would start singing 'Take Me to the River'. It was so tacky yet so funny that it became the center of attention during the holiday gathering.
Well, I remember a story where a family's Christmas tree didn't get taken down until February. They just kept adding little post - Christmas ornaments like little Valentine's hearts to it. It looked really strange but also very funny.
My neighbor's cat once chased a laser pointer all the way into a bathtub full of water. It was so funny because the cat was so focused on the red dot that it didn't notice the water until it was already in. After that, it just sat there looking confused.
One memorable story is about a cat that got stuck in a box. The owner tried to pull it out, but the cat just hissed. In the end, the cat realized it could just walk out the other open side of the box. It was funny how the cat didn't figure it out sooner and it was definitely true.