Knitted sweaters, questionable Santas, and a sock-full of mandarins. Ah, Christmas. The only thing missing now is a photo that captures all of the chaos.

Awkward Family Photos is a friendly place online where everyone can come together and share their uncomfortable family moments. Mike Bender and Doug Chernack started the project by posting a few childhood photos of their own, and the site quickly took off and became an Internet sensation.

Bored Panda covered Awkward Family Photos some time ago but since the holiday season is just around the corner, let's not forget what matters at this time of year—laughing at yourself and your loved ones. Oh, and cherishing the memories you shared, of course.

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People Submit Their Most Awkward Family Pics To This Instagram Account And Here Are 61 Of The Funniest Christmassy Ones (New Pics)

#1 The Only Baby Picture I Have. Why?

#2 We Were Taking Our Family Christmas Photo, And Let’s Just Say The Dogs Weren’t In A Holly Jolly Mood. This Photo Was The Worst Of The Batch, But Now It’s A Conversation Starter. We Keep It Right By The Entrance Of Our Home Here In St. Louis

#3 This Was The Picture That My Family Sent Out As Our Family Christmas Card Back In '91

#4 This Is A Picture Of My Dad And Uncles Sitting With Santa. My Uncle Tex Is The Youngest Who Was Clearly A Bit Nervous

#5 The Moment My Mom Realized I Was Going To Be A Handful

#6 Our Photographer Sent Us All The Images From Our Holiday Photo Session Including This One And I Love It

#8 Every Romanian Child's Christmas Summed Up In One Picture

#9 Mom, There’s A Reason There Wasn’t A Line To See This Santa…

#10 Merry Christmas From Your Friendly, Neighborhood Mall Goths, 2005

#12 Our Awkward Family Swim Team Christmas Photo

#13 Christmas In Frankfurt, Germany, 1998. My Grandma Knitted Sweaters For My Granddad, Cousin, Brother And Me

#14 The Year My Father Got My Mother A Hoover For Christmas, 1984

#15 This Is A Picture Of Me Around Age 3 Or 4, Meeting St. Nicolas Himself In Poland. This Would Explain My Fear Of Clowns

#16 This Is The 2006 Christmas Card Photo That We Sent Out, With Our 6-Year-Old English Bulldog, Joan

#17 My Dad On Christmas Morning

#18 My Boyfriend When He Was 3. The Ussr Was A Strange Time

#19 Christmas 2009. We Went To The Mall To Take A Picture With Santa And Seemingly Nothing Went Wrong… My Son Didn’t Cry, The Line Was Manageable But Santa’s Attention Was Focused Elsewhere

#21 My Mom Took My Brother, Sister And I To The Mall To Get A “Nice” Santa Photo Taken. When She Picked Up The Photo, She Was Outraged

#22 So Many Amazing Things About This Picture. I Am The Beauty With The Middle Part Bangs Accompanied By My Life Size Barbie. My Mom Is Clearly Feeling What Every Mother On Christmas Feels While My Dad Is 90’s Fabulous

#23 Christmas Morning, And Everybody Except Young Tim (Middle) Gets A New Bike. We As Parents Should Have Anticipated The Reaction

#24 Me And Another Small Town Goth Going Dancing At A Winter Formal

#25 This Is A Picture Of Me And My Dad At Christmas Time. Dad Was Smoking A Cigarette And Reading

#26 My Sister And I Thought It Might Be A Good Idea To Have Our Kids’ Photos Taken As A Christmas Present For My Mom. With Two Hungry, Tired Newborn Babies And A Bored 3 Year Old, It Was Quite Possibly The Worst Day Of Our Lives. This Was The Best Pic We Could Get Of All Three Of Them

#27 We Took The Kids To Take Pictures With Santa. Needless To Say We Were Shocked As We Scrolled Through The Photos And Saw Our Daughter’s Middle Finger Up With Her Head Turned And Smiling

#28 Christmas 1998. I'm The One Crying

#29 One Year Old Me, Santa In Furry Slippers And The Most Disturbing And Scary Befana Ever. Italy, 1996 (In Italy The Befana Is Supposed To Be An Old, Kind Woman Who Deliver Gifts To Kids On Epiphany Eve

#30 This Photo Is From Azerbaijan Which Is Old Ussr Country. I Was 6 Years Old In This Last Day Of 1999. It Is Nice To See How East And West Meld In One Photograph

#31 My Brother And Me, Circa 1977, With The Credit Union Santa And His Creepy Bear Sidekick

#32 The Holidays Are The Cringiest Time Of The Year!

#33 Just A Good Old Holiday Pic With An Innocent Little 4-Year-Old, A Creepy Santa And A Scantily Dressed Miss Piggy! Even More Disturbing, Why Does The Costume Even Have Those Body Parts Sewn On?!

#34 Most Awkward Pajama Pics!

#36 Being In A Family With Five Children, You Hardly Ever Get A Great Photo With All The Kids. 27 Years Later My Sister Decided We Should Reenact This Photo On The One Day A Year We All Get Together

#37 When I Was A Kid, My Mom, Who Is A Seamstress, Would Make Funky Gifts Every Year For Christmas. Sometime In The Late 80s, She Got Her Hands On Some Giant Men’s Underwear And Made Sports Bra’s Out Of Them. Hence, My Two Aunts And Grandma Modeling Them On Christmas Eve

#38 This Was Supposed To Be Our Christmas Card. It Turns Out She Just Hated That Sweater

#40 The Santa Display Was Sad, And Santa Looks Even Sadder. I Found This Pic Of Me With Santa And Couldn’t Help But Notice The Surroundings And His Miserable Look

#41 My Husband's Coworker When She Was A Kid

#42 The Day I Was Forced To Stand In Front Of The Fireplace And Wear This Outfit, Which Was Basically An Itchy, Velveteen, Oversized Wrapped Christmas Present Costume With A Too-Tight Lace Collar That Wildly Triggered My Claustrophobia And Tactile-Sensory Ocd

#43 Christmas Was Scary In Yugoslavia

#44 I Refused To Sit On Its Lap

#45 My Uncle, Comforting My Father After Breaking A Toy On Christmas Morning, 1969. That’s Brotherly Love

#46 That’s Me, My Brother, My Cousin, And Aunt And Uncle. Oh, And All The Lizards

#47 I Tried To Get Some Christmas Card Photos With My Boys This Year. My 5 Year Old Was Not Having It And Refused To Cooperate (Look Under The Sign). But This One Took The Cake For Me Since The Baby Is Puking As Well

#48 My Dad Built This To Protect The Tree From The Cat

#49 There Will Be No More Christmas For Me

#50 This Is My Ex-Boyfriend’s Family. C.1964. He And His Twin Brother And Sisters And Dad Are “Enjoying” Santa’s Visit. They Lived In Red Lodge, Montana In The Day, So Perhaps A More Realistic St. Nick Was Hard To Come By

#51 Me And My Parents, December 1992

#52 My Boss, Who Has 6 Kids, Captured Every Sibling Dynamic Possible In One Photo

#53 The Santaland Budget In My Hometown Was Busted In 1967. This Creepy Santa Was In A Makeshift Trailer. I Tried Not To Touch Him When I Sat In His Lap

#54 Christmas Sometime In The Early/Mid 90s And This Is Me And My Two Sisters. My Neighbor Worked For Marlboro Cigarettes And My Mother Decided That Since Their Company Sweatshirts Were Red, We Should All Wear Them For Our Christmas Pictures

#55 I Was Angry Because I Didn't Get To Sit On Santa's Lap. My Sisters Had Mixed Feelings About This Privilege. Meanwhile, Santa Was Dead Inside

#56 This Was 1969 Or 1970. I Think The Masked Santa Was My Great Uncle Louie. He Liked His Beer. I Don’t Have An Explanation For Why My Parents Thought This Was Okay

#57 My Mother Always Dressed My Brothers And I Alike, But One Christmas, She Made Everyone Do It. This Is The Result. I’m The One Who Is Not Smiling Because I’m Pretty Sure I Just Received A “Talking To” For My Objection To The Madness

#58 Me (Left), My Cousin And My Sister Got Identical Jogging Suites And Fanny Packs From Our Grandmother For Christmas 1991. We Already Had Identical Hair Cuts. My Cousin Is Forcing My Sister To Smile By Pinching My Sisters Hand

#59 We Were Trying To Create A Winter Wonderland Scene And Save Money By Shooting Our Own Picture. We Ended Up With Almost 90 Photos That All Looked Like This, So We Just Went With It And This Year I Got Actual Requests To Post This Card

#60 We Dug This Gem Up Recently. None Of Us Realized How Creepy The Santa Was Except Our Baby Sister. We Still Aren’t Sure Where The Camera Actually Was

#61 My Memories Of Meeting Santa Are Fond Ones. I Came Across This Pic, However, And Was Startled By The Look On This Particular Santa’s Face. He Looks A Little Less Interested In What I Want For Christmas, And A Little More Interested In How I’d Taste In A Stew

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