The 13 funniest tweets about going home for the holidays, because it can be both fun AND super stressful

There’s just something about returning home (after months or even years away) to celebrate the holidays that makes it rife for comedy. Seriously, just think of how many ’90s movies you can name offhand with that exact plot. Some of the funniest tweets about going home for the holidays manage to capture what’s so hilarious about the anticipated (or dreaded) annual pilgrimage.
Maybe you’re thrilled to be heading back home because you want to see your family. Maybe you’re more excited to regress a little bit back into kid mode and allow your parents to wait on you hand and foot. Or maybe you can’t make it back this year – and you’re totally cool with it that way. However you slice it, at least one of these tweets will be *super* relatable on the eve of this holiday season.
1Because there’s nothing like mom-praise, even when you’re feeling less-than-awesome about yourself.
When you go home for the holidays and your mom brags about you in front of your whole family pic.twitter.com/HN9TFdMcTO
— jephph (@notgeoffrey_) December 16, 2016
Maybe you’re just having one of those “trashcan in the spotlight” kinda days – in which case, check out these essential holiday self-care tips.
2Because it’s a little bittersweet when you and all your best friends wind up scattered around the world for the holidays.
*Home for the holidays after college*
Mom: "Are you going to hang with your friends while you're home?"
Yeah sure let me get right on that pic.twitter.com/LLfaCA3bot— Toothless & Homeless Foundation (@tayausjax) December 21, 2016
3Because sometimes your parents have a FAR better liquor collection than you do.
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We can go back to the old “Two-Buck Chuck” when we leave, but during the holidays at family’s houses, we drink like ROYALTY.
4Because, occasionally, the overenthusiastic questions from relatives you haven’t seen in months (or years!) can get a little rough…
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“Take a breath and have some more pie, Aunt Myrtle, and maybe cool it with the third degree.”
5… or even verge on invasive and insensitive…
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Even if they’re doing it out of love, sometimes you’re just 100% not interested in Uncle Dave’s take on your career choices.
6… or turn into totally not-subtle-at-all hints about your future.
i'm not going home for the holidays i've decided i'm boycotting pic.twitter.com/b0If7lzPde
— mol (@thatgirlmoll) December 12, 2016
7Because you might have forgotten that your family still considers you their little kid and not, y’know, a full blown, legal-drinking-age adult…
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8… who can drink like a champ if the need arises.
When you get home for Christmas break and mom realizes this isn't your first shot https://t.co/2P8NSCkNDq
— Weekend Schemers (@WeekendSchemers) December 13, 2016
9Because your fam might be happy to see you for more reasons than one.
Shout-out to everyone going home and becoming family tech support for the holidays
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) December 22, 2016
10Because admit it: Sometimes you try kinda hard to impress the folks back home.
me going home for the holidays (via @Cosmopolitan) pic.twitter.com/Nd5EGwdOTH
— Bustle (@bustle) December 12, 2016
11Because a sandwich Mom makes just tastes so much better than a sandwich you make yourself.
When you're fully an adult and can fend for yourself but you go home for the holidays and all the sudden need your mommy to do everything.
— Camden Scott (@cammiescott) December 15, 2016
Same goes for a load of laundry – so much cleaner when someone who’s not you does it!
12Because maybe you can’t (or don’t want to) make it home this year for some reason, a la a certain Boy Who Lived…
Is anyone still in LA 😭 I feel Harry Potter when everyone went home for Christmas break except him
— MEG (@MegsDeAngelis) December 21, 2016
If Harry can make it through, we definitely can, too.
13… and you have better plans than going home in mind anyway.
what if, instead of going home for the holidays next year, I flew somewhere Else and ate pasta salad alone in a hotel room for three days
— Trista Mateer (@tristamateer) December 21, 2016
If you’re in a “me, myself, and I” kinda mindset, some quality alone time is basically the best thing ever.