The other day my mom informed my brothers and I that it was time to take our Christmas card picture. Fine, we do this every year, and it is usually okay, until the camera battery dies or someone decks the person posed next to them. However, this year she wants to spice things up a bit. "Why don't we all just wear camouflage!" she suggests. I cannot make this stuff up, people.

Now, you can imagine my mortification as I can see my family's picture being posted on every awkward family photo site from here to Timbuktu, but she was unrelenting in her campaign for us to dress this way. I was hoping my dad would be my saving grace in this argument, but he says, "I was thinking the same thing!" By this point, I am wondering how I am actually related to this people.

I'm a junior, so I understand that family gets weirder the more time you spend away from them. However, this is an all-time low. I could not even think they were drunk because it was only 9 a.m. So, in honor of my parents actually losing their minds, here are the 21 most awkward family Christmas pictures on the internet. 

1. We're doing this for MawMaw.

(Notice the laser light backdrop).

2. Our sweaters say, "We like to party."

3. Dad's pet store is thriving.

4. The Original Olafs.

5. Honey, I Shrunk The Kids: Holiday Edition.

6. My earring reminds you that I don't take crap from anybody.

7. Her name's LaFawnduh, and we met online.

8. Happy Holidays from one of us.

9. Cat got your shirt, Dad?

10. "What are these idiots actually doing?" Fluffy.

11. Mommy's been naughty this year.

12. We adopted!

13. Young and in love.

14. Nana sewed all of these from the heart.

15. We treat our pets as equals.

16. We bought a whole pack of Depends just to get this shot.

17. I always knew Santa was a little creepy.

18. Incognito Santa.

19. We've gone back to our roots. Aloha, Adam and Eve.

20. My sisters are a better shot than me.

21. We killed our own Christmas dinner.

Turns out my mom wasn't actually joking. Merry Christmas, y'all.