These Wild Christmas Stories Made Us Thankful For Our Own Weird Family

It wouldn’t be the first time that somebody’s Christmas plans have gone up in smoke, but most of the time, it isn’t quite so literal. You can’t blame the kid for wanting to try out his new present immediately, and during dessert, over a pile of reusable shopping bags seems like the only logical choice of time and location.

What’s less forgivable is the negligent parents and family members who somehow allowed this to take place. They were probably too busy between bites of tiramisu and Christmas pudding to remember that they had just given their child a very exciting and very flammable gift that he might just want to test out.