Jimmy Kimmel 2014: A Christmas Nightmare

Christmas is a time for gratitude, family, and friends. So, naturally, Jimmy Kimmel put a challenge out to parents to push the boundaries of gratitude and, in cases, the bonds of family.

For the past few years, Kimmel has asked parents to prank their children by letting them open one gift early at Christmas. The joke is that the presents are awful. And the parents were ready. They wrapped onions, batteries, old bananas, invisible dog fences, and a whole bunch of other whacky stuff. And the kids, by and large, were not pleased.

The reactions range from tentatively grateful, to violent, with younger kids looking confused and older kids cursing Santa’s name.

Check out the video here for a few holiday ho-ho-hos. We certainly got a chuckle out of it.