{"id":141419,"date":"2023-11-25T09:43:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T09:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magdelaine.net\/?p=141419"},"modified":"2023-11-25T09:43:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T09:43:03","slug":"smashing-baubles-and-boardgame-bickering-among-most-common-christmas-mishaps-as-nine-in-10-admit-festive-blunders-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magdelaine.net\/beauty-and-fashion\/smashing-baubles-and-boardgame-bickering-among-most-common-christmas-mishaps-as-nine-in-10-admit-festive-blunders-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Smashing baubles and boardgame bickering among most common Christmas mishaps – as nine in 10 admit festive blunders | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tis the season to be jolly – 'oh no it\u2019s not' – 'oh yes it is'!<\/p>\n
Nine in 10 adults experience mishaps over the festive period – including tangled fairy lights, running out of gift wrap and accidentally smashing beloved baubles.<\/p>\n
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Other festive faux pas include leaving price tags on presents, bickering over boardgames, and one in 10 admitted to having hidden a present so well they found it years later.<\/p>\n
A poll of 2,000 adults, who celebrate Christmas, found 64 per cent want the holiday season to be perfect each year, with over a quarter saying it\u2019s their favourite time of the year.<\/p>\n
The research, commissioned by HARIBO, also found 62 per cent are comfortable when things to go wrong.<\/p>\n
With four in 10 (42 per cent) seeing the funny side of minor disasters and 17 per cent say a mishap even makes it feel like a \u2018real\u2019 Christmas.<\/p>\n