40 Funny Parents Tweets to Get You in the Christmas Spirit

The school Christmas show: that annual marathon where parents transform into patient paparazzi, armed with cameras and beaming with pride bigger than Santa’s belly. It’s a performance that rivals Shakespearean drama in its wait-to-act ratio, leaving parents pondering if they’ve unwittingly enrolled in a theater workshop with an emphasis on ‘theater of the absurd.’

But when your little star finally makes their debut, nailing that 30-second solo act, you realize that this is the Academy Awards of parenthood—complete with red carpet excitement and the inevitable post-performance cookies and juice party.