These 30+ Holiday Fails Prove That the Best Ideas Often Go Awry

Ah, the holidays — Christmas songs are playing, Santa is all over TV (and malls), and decorations are going up all over the place. It's the most wonderful time of the year and all that, but when people get wrapped up in the fervor of it all, they often make some silly mistakes that are only noticed in hindsight. These holiday fails prove that even the best ideas often come out worse than intended.

What Have You Seen, Santa?

This poor Santa Claus doll has a relatively minor fault, but that fault is disturbing enough to get him on this list. You don't have to look that closely to notice that his eyelashes are coming out of his pupils for some reason.

This error makes poor Santa look a little disconcerting, and we certainly wouldn't want him hanging around our house in such a state. That said, we promise that there are worse holiday fails on this list.

Sending the Wrong Message

Sometimes, a design oversight for the holidays is less about a mistake and more about not noticing how wrong something looks even after it's over. We get what they were going for with this little toy lion, and we're sure that no kid would notice anything amiss with such a holiday present.

But, if you're an adult with some degree of knowledge about the types of things other adults get up to in their spare time, well... it's not hard to see a bit of a troubling implication with this toy. Someone didn't think this through.

Seeing Better Days

Angels are a pretty popular theme during Christmas, and most of them are made to look quite cute and sweet. This angel, on the other hand, appears to be suffering some serious trauma - or perhaps she just isn't quite happy with her job this year.

We're not sure if this angel's face was a one-time error during production or if all of the angels from this line of decorations look like this. One way or another, this is definitely a holiday fail, but it sure does make us laugh.

The Exact Opposite

This is hardly as big of a mistake as some of the other things you will see on this holiday list, but it's still a little amusing that someone got Santa's catchphrase backward. Maybe something went wrong for him this year, prompting the "Oh, Oh, Oh" instead.

Did they accidentally flip the pattern? Or did someone just type it backwards without even noticing? One way or another, this is a silly mistake, but not one that would make people feel uncomfortable, as some of these other failures we'll be mentioning.