The holiday season can be a trying time. Parents in particular face the stress of sending out picture-perfect holiday cards, attending school concerts, taking a halfway decent Santa photo, remembering to move that damn Elf on the Shelf, getting all the gift-shopping done and just generally keeping the magic of the season alive for small, impressionable humans.

And of course, you can’t forget the Christmas tree! Picking out the right tree, decorating it, and keeping it upright presents a host of hazards ― and plenty of opportunities for humour when you’ve got kids in the house.

Here are 33 funny tweets about Christmas trees, from moms and dads who have been there.

Putting up the Christmas tree this weekend because life with a toddler isn’t dangerous, messy, and terrifying enough already.

Anyone know how to get blood off a Christmas tree?

How to Decorate a Christmas Tree When You Have Kids:

1. Unpack ornament
2. Drop repeatedly until it shatters into a million pieces
3. Repeat

Wow, my kids are decorating the heck out of this small lower left section of our Christmas tree.

Me: I hate putting up the Christmas tree every year.

7-year-old: So why do you take it down?

If you don't have to threaten your kids to help you decorate the Christmas tree, do you really even have teenagers?

Wife: I want a real Christmas tree.

Me: They have sap. It'll get everything sticky.

Wife: We have four kids. Everything is........

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