15 stock photos to remind you that mistletoe is the creepiest Christmas tradition ever

December 22, 2015, 7:10 am

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Imagine if there was a social tradition that dictated that if you saw a particular type of plant, you had to accept the makeout session of whoever the heck is passing by.

Horrific, right?

Oh. Wait. That’s actually a thing.

For some reason, Christmas is the time when usually absurd, deeply disturbing things become totally okay.

A man sneaking through your chimney: fine, it’s festive! Giving your workmates joke butt plugs from their secret Santa: LOL! Casual date rape mentions in adverts: all good!

And the worst offender of all. Mistletoe.

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Can you guess what this is? It’s not pizza

December 22, 2015, 8:55 am

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This is some kind of sick joke.

Because someone has decided to create this monstrosity that looks just like a pizza, heck it even comes in a pizza box and is delivered to your door, but it’s all trickery because it is not an actual pizza.

No stringy cheese for your teeth to play with, no fresh dough to caress with your tongue, no whiff of glorious pizza smell to let you know everything is going to be alright.

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23 rules of not being a dick on social media over Christmas

December 22, 2015, 9:08 am

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Christmas will never be the same.

Not since the dawn of Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and wifi.

Never again will we have an entirely tech-free festive day in with the family.

The kids will be Snapchatting the entire experience. Your mum will inevitably share a misspelled festive quote over a totally irrelevant picture of a sunset on Christmas day. Your grandparents will sit, confused and fed up, as you scroll through people’s live-tweets of their Christmas dinner.

It’s not a bad thing, necessarily. Social media can be quite nice over Christmas, especially when there’s so much Instagrammable food and decoration about.

But if you’re planning to have a very social Christmas, you need to… Read the full story

Couple get married and have their pug as their flower girl

December 22, 2015, 9:27 am

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Natalie and Adam Duckworth, 24, and 26, from Chorley, Lancs, recently tied the knot among their family and friends. 

But, for this couple, bridesmaids and a best man weren’t enough. They wanted a flower girl. Sure, doesn’t seem any different to many other weddings, does it? Except for the fact that their idea of a flower girl was their tiny two-year-old pug, Pumpkin.

The adorable pugalier – a pug and King Charles Cavalier cross – had all eyes on her as she strutted her stuff around the ceremony in a white-flower collar. Just take a few moments before carrying on to catch your breath over the cuteness of it all.

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Photographer captures series of dogs pulling hilarious faces when catching treats

December 22, 2015, 10:05 am

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Christian Vieler, a photographer from Waltrop, Germany, takes hilarious photos of dogs trying to catch food.

He aims to capture the many faces of dogs, depicting excitement, confusion and sadness as the treat approaches.

Sometimes, the dogs are so unbothered they miss the treat entirely.

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This cat is SO over Christmas already

December 22, 2015, 10:17 am

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For some, the excitement that Christmas is just around the corner now is so great that they simply can’t think of anything else. But for others, they’re more excited for Boxing Day – a day that confirms Christmas is over.

They’re counting down the minutes in their heads, until they can sneak off back to their own lives without having to spread festive cheer to people they don’t particularly even like. They’re over Christmas before it’s even begun.

And you know who else is completely over Christmas already? This cat.

Posted by America’s Funnies Home Videos, this video shows a tabby cat struggling to get a Santa’s hat off of his head. Obviously the hat wasn’t his choice – that shows all too well.

While we can’t confirm whether the hat just wasn’t his colour, or perhaps he thought the style didn’t suit him particularly well, we do know that he wants the hat… Read the full story

Man proposes to girlfriend dressed as a candy cane in middle of parade

December 22, 2015, 10:29 am

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A man thinks when his girlfriend is dressed in a large white and green striped candy cane costume is the perfect time to propose.

She’s wearing stilts to make her into the giant candy cane and can be seen covering her face in complete shock as her loved one gets down on one knee to propose.

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The proposal took place right before the Universal Macy’s Day Parade in Orlando, and was staged in front of a beautifully decorated giant Christmas tree, and a line of Nutcracker dancers, the scene really is set for this beautiful Christmas proposal.

We’ve heard many an odd proposal story, such as the guy who recently

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While this is safer, it’s still just as romantic, maybe even more so. And he won’t be facing six months… Read the full story

Train passenger receives Christmas card with a beautiful message – rips it up

December 22, 2015, 10:41 am

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If you were to receive a great piece of advice from someone who cares about you, what would you do? 

How about if this well-intentioned message was written in a Christmas card?

Well it seems this train passenger didn’t agree with the note received from what looked like a worried friend, and so they ripped it up.

Seems a little harsh, no? Of course, we don’t know the relationship between these two people, perhaps there was some heartbreak or a little bad blood.

One passenger was an intrigued as we are and decided to find all of the pieces and put them back together.

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After reading the message in full, they decided to take to Reddit to share their findings.

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12 things every parent of teenagers knows about Christmas

December 23, 2015, 12:11 am

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Holidays are coming! As the yuletime approaches and festivities begin, there are a few things every parent of teenagers know about Christmas.

1. Their gifts get smaller, yet more expensive.

2. Christmas parties mean less jelly and ice-cream and more alcopops and cider.

3. You get your own back by waking THEM up in excitement on Christmas morning!

4. You miss the days when their gifts to you were handmade, salt dough painted Santas.

5. No more nativities.  Gone are the days of crying in the audience as your offspring monotones ‘Look at yonder star’ with a tea towel on their head.

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Someone’s made deep fried eggnog and we don’t know how to feel

December 23, 2015, 12:23 am

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In our mission to deep fry our entire Christmas meal, we may have gone too far.

Deep fried turkey? Sure, that might be a more convenient way to cook a dinner than all that basting. Deep fried mince pies? We wouldn’t turn one down. Or five.

But deep fried eggnog? We’re just not sure.

The calorific creation was thought up by Amy Ericsson of Oh, Bite It! – the same woman who replaced the breadcrumbs on mozzarella sticks with bacon – a food blogger who knows her way around a deep fryer.

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These photos show what it can be like to be a mother in prison

December 23, 2015, 1:16 am

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These aren’t stories that often get told.

Woman gets pregnant. Woman happens to also be in prison. What happens next?

Photographer Cheryl Hanna-Truscott wants to share those stories in all their variety. Her new project, Protective Custody, focuses on photographs of inmates, pregnant and with children, to shed a light on what it’s like to be a mother in jail.

A trained midwife and specialist in treating victims of child abuse, Cheryl’s background led to an interest in what it must be like to spend your early days… Read the full story

Stop everything and look at this squirrel making friends with a tiny snowman

December 23, 2015, 1:46 am

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10 things that happen when you’re a vegan at Christmas

December 23, 2015, 2:00 am

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From meat-free centrepieces to faux-leather handbags, vegans have the holly-est, jolly-est holidays of all – most of the time.

Here’s 10 things that happen when you’re a vegan at Christmas.

1. Someone will ask you if you cheat by eating meat as part of your Christmas meal

Nope – the idea of consuming flesh, muscle and blood, not to mention cow secretions and chicken ovulations sounds as gross now as it does at any other time of the year.

2. A distant relative will give you an awkward present

Whether it’s a leather wallet or a non-vegan wooly jumper you’ll have to decide what… Read the full story

Heston Blumenthal’s 7 Christmas Dinner tips, including perfect roast potatoes

December 23, 2015, 2:05 am

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The famous chef has offered to help if you’re the one who’s been lumbered with cooking the Christmas dinner this year.

We’re sure you have a billion questions for Heston Blumenthal before you even roll up your sleeves, like should you eat goose, turkey or ham?

And of course, every relative and guest will have an opinion on everything, but will offer zero help.

Before you know it, what’s meant to be a nice family lunch has turned into a nightmarish hell with you yelling Gordon Ramsey-style expletives at granny.

Which is where Heston comes in – sharing his top cooking tips for Christmas… Read the full story

Here’s what happens when you throw hot tea in the air at -40°C

December 23, 2015, 2:10 am

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Ever wondered what would happen if you threw a boiling hot cup of tea in the air in extremely cold temperatures?

We have. But we’ve never been able to try it out. Firstly because we live in the UK, where it’s pretty unlikely to ever hit -40°C. But also because we’re clumsy, and think we’d probably end up throwing hot tea directly into our faces.

One photographer has braved the elements (and hot tea) and found the answer to the question we’ve all been desperately asking.

Yep, Ontario based photographer Michael Davies headed out in the -40°C temperatures to get his friend, Markus Sivola, to throw a thermos of tea in the air.

This is what happened:

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12 of the worst things about the build-up to Christmas

December 23, 2015, 2:45 am

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Just to be clear, I love Christmas.

I love waking up to find presents under the tree (okay, I put half of them there myself), the early morning Bucks Fizz and the way our family take it in turns to wear the Santa hat each year and pass out the presents.

Though Christmas Day is a truly wonderful, magical day, the build-up to it definitely takes its toll.

I wish we could celebrate Christmas without all the necessary things we have to do in order to celebrate this one day.

Here are 12 of the worst things about the build-up to Christmas.

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18 struggles you only understand if you have to work over Christmas

December 23, 2015, 3:00 am

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While the majority of the UK are looking forward to some time off, some festivities and ample amounts of food and mulled wine, for many December 25th is just another normal day at the office.

Despite many businesses reluctantly closing their doors for Christmas Day, there are lots of people out there who will be doing a shift as normal and won’t really be into the hype that started around mid-November.

Spare a thought for those who don’t have a pile of presents, a big feed and an evening nap in… Read the full story

2015’s most Googled recipes revealed (spoiler: we really love Mary Berry’s sponge)

December 23, 2015, 3:00 am

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Everyone wants a piece of Mary Berry’s Victoria sponge. 

As it were.

In a study of the UK’s most-Googled celebrity recipes by Stoves, Bezza came out top with more than 12,000 people a month searching for her classic Victoria sponge.

Jamie Oliver also proved popular in the poll of 2,000 Brits with his chilli con carne and homemade pizza dough recipes the second and third most searched-for recipes.

Which all goes to prove we’re basically a nation of bakers and comfort-food eaters at heart.

The most Googled celeb chef recipes of 2015 (in case you want to try them over Christmas

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Do enjoy these animals at the zoo celebrating Christmas early

December 23, 2015, 3:06 am

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Christmas is almost here. Is it weird how excited we are?

While we’re counting down the hours until Christmas morning (half for the presents, half for the food), some lucky animals at South Korea’s Everland amusement park have been treated to Christmas celebrations a few days early.

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Do you find this man sexy? This is what happens when you swap female models for men on Instagram

December 23, 2015, 3:10 am

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You’ve probably heard of Instagram’s strict policies about nudity and the female body by now.

Like how they sexualise the female nipple by banning it while allowing men’s nips to be out and proud.

And yes, you will see partial nudity below.

You may also have heard of a growing number of female artists who are screwing those policies and continuing to showcase their photography, which plays with ideas of sex and gender, on the social media platform.

They’re displaying the female body in its full glory and challenging preconceptions of femininity by showing off body hair (and yes that includes pubes).

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