People Are Sharing The Trashiest Things That Happened During Their Family Holiday Parties, And All I Can Say Is Yikes

The holidays are a wonderful time of year because it's all about spending it with your loved ones. But, sometimes, things don't exactly pan out like you'd like them to, and they can turn into a day full of infighting or having to put up with relatives that you would rather not ever have to see.

Recently, I asked BuzzFeed readers to share with us the times things didn't go as planned and got downright trashy at their holiday parties. Below are just some of the stories I got:

1."One of my cousins was dating a girl who really wanted to make it big on social media. My aunt hosts some beautiful holiday dinners for the family, and the first (and only) time she was invited, she tried to make my cousin's grandparents leave the room any time she took photos because they 'didn't fit the aesthetic.' They're in their 90s, and she thought they were too old. Apparently, she'd tried pulling this stuff at weekly family dinners, and this incident was the last straw."

2."At my grandmother's holiday Christmas Eve party, my mom told me the lovely diamond necklace she was wearing was from her boyfriend. I asked if dad knew, and she said no. Was a lovely holiday season. Mom walked out on New Year’s Day. Wow. Not a great year."

3."Two of my uncles got into a fight that ended up with one uncle outing the other uncle's son to my family. I then immediately got a nosebleed (I get them sometimes, this is not an unusual occurrence), but I had to run out of the room because of it, so I don't know what happened next."

4."Uncle asked great-grandmother for $50 so he could take a drug test for work. He makes plenty of money, and she’s retired, but he spent it all buying gifts for his kids (which WE had to wrap since he couldn’t get someone to watch them)."

5."I was newly married when my stepchildren (all over 30) broke into our home, ripped open all the presents, took what they wanted, and left a mess. It's 30 years later, and we have nothing to do with them."

6."My step-sister bonked our now ex-brother-in-law and ended up getting pregnant at the family Christmas party."

7."My uncle brought home his paramour right in full view of his wife and kids. The whole extended family has never quite recovered from the fallout of this."

8."We were at a family Christmas party when I was about 9 years old. A few of my aunts and uncles got pretty drunk. My one uncle got very angry with my aunt (his sister) and was walking around the house, saying, 'Where's my gun?' Needless to say, it scared all of us kids. My sober uncle got all of the kids out of the house, and we waited in cars while wondering if my uncle was going to kill all of our parents. Very traumatizing!"

9."My brother brought his GF to Thanksgiving. Before dinner, we were all talking when my brother made his GF sit on his lap. Next thing we know, they are making out, and he had his hands all over her. We were all very uncomfortable, but no one wanted to say anything because we didn’t want to add a full-blown fight to the day."

10."I had an aunt flip a Thanksgiving table that was loaded over a disagreement about who was 'allowed' to bring potato salad. Then, another year, there was an almost fistfight over potato salad between two adult women in their finest church clothes over dueling potato salads. (Complete with jumbo Black lady church hats.) Lots of potato salad stories, actually. There’s been alleged sabotage, accusations of unseasoned 'white lady' potato salad, etc. I HATE potato salad and think it’s all slop in a bowl. (But, I would be too terrified to admit it at one of my family gatherings. I might get slapped.)"

11."I was hosting Thanksgiving, and my brother asked what he and his wife could bring. Realizing my brother and his wife are not the most responsible of people, I asked them to bring a bottle of wine. They arrived not only late to dinner but with more than half of the bottle of wine empty."

12."My sister, who was 37 at the time, came to the family Christmas at my other sister’s house around three hours late. She was drunk. No one else at the party had been drinking, and alcohol was never served there. Not only was she out of sorts, but her stomach was more than rumbling. It was a sound that I had never heard come from a human before. It echoed through the room over Christmas carols being played on the television, over the loud sound of children playing and other adults talking. Awkwardly, I tried to make small talk, but midway through a sentence, she stopped me and ran to the bathroom. She was in there for several minutes and then immediately ran out the front door and left when she exited the bathroom. She had crapped her pants and left a puddle in the recliner she had sat in."

13."My aunt had just had a baby in early December of 2019, and her boyfriend told the whole family he was going to propose during our big family Christmas. We were all super excited until her older sister decided to one-up her engagement by telling everyone she was pregnant! We spent the rest of the night looking for family members who had stormed out of the house, and some even slept in their cars that night. Every family holiday since has been extremely awkward, lol."

14."My idiot brother (age 42) decided to serve dessert wearing nothing but an apron at a large family/friend Thanksgiving celebration, which included children and my elderly mother. Yep, as the main course was winding down he slipped into a bedroom and stripped completely naked and wore only an apron while walking through the crowd of about 16–20 people trying to serve pie. My mother was embarrassed, we all were, but there were also friends (guests of the family) present whom many of us hadn’t met and young children. My brother is an idiot."

15."When I was around 10 years old, my grandma had the entire family over for Thanksgiving, per usual. At some point during dinner, my aunt (who, looking back, was probably drunk) announced that she wasn't happy anymore and that she wanted out of her marriage. Her husband, my uncle, was completely caught off guard and started crying at the table. I don't remember much of the rest of that Thanksgiving other than how quiet the rest of it was. Oh, and my aunt did divorce him not too long after that."

16."We had all of my family over for Thanksgiving. We asked one of my brothers to bring the green beans. He brought one can, uncooked, for a party of 20 people."

17."Two years ago, at Christmas, my nephew made weed brownies and handed me one. I gave it to my then 50-something sister, who ate mine and hers too, unaware of the 'special ingredient.' She was also drinking wine and suddenly felt off. Turns out she was majorly high and tipsy. My nephew (her son) offered to drive her home, and when she stood up, she threw up everywhere, nearly ruining our sister’s white rug, plus the tree and the whole bit. She eventually went home and slept it off. That same weekend, my nephew forgot to lock his bedroom door, and the dog found the brownies and ate them. My sister arrived home with her kids to find the dog high. She survived and we refer to that Christmas as 'The one where Gavin had good party favors.'"

18."We were all just peacefully eating our Thanksgiving dinner when suddenly my grandmother announced that she calls her vagina her 'sass.' I thought it would end there, but literally every time she spoke after that for the entire meal, she would find a way to incorporate the word 'sass' into her sentence, then laugh like a Disney Villain for minutes afterward. It was an out-of-body experience."

19.And lastly, "My aunt started complaining about how her boyfriend wants her to use internal women condoms, but she 'can’t feel anything' when she wears them. Our entire (religious, mostly conservative) family — well, at least the ones who knew what she was talking about — watched in horror. I thought for sure that that would be the most memorable thing to happen at that dinner, but then five minutes later, my grandma had a heart attack."

Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.

Okay, now I want to hear from you guys! Have you had some wild and trashy things happen at your family holiday get-togethers? Let me know in the comments below!!!