A memorable one is when a cowboy accidentally mistook a reindeer for a wild deer while out on patrol on Christmas Eve. He chased it all over the place until he realized it had a shiny red nose. He then felt so silly but it became a story told around the campfire every Christmas. The image of a cowboy on horseback chasing what he thought was a normal deer only to find Rudolph was quite funny.
There was a cowboy who had a parrot as a pet. The parrot liked to mimic the cowboy's orders to the horses. One day, when the cowboy was trying to get his horse to move faster, the parrot started shouting 'Giddy up! Giddy up!' really loudly. But then the parrot also started shouting 'Whoa!' at the wrong time, confusing the horse completely. The cowboy was so frustrated but it was also really funny to watch.
At a Christmas pageant, the angels' wings were made of large feathers. One of the angels accidentally knocked over the manger with her wings while trying to spread them wide. The baby Jesus doll went flying, and the shepherds had to scramble to catch it. It was chaos but also really funny.
I remember a Christmas pageant where the donkey that Mary was supposed to ride on was played by a little kid in a donkey costume. The kid got stage fright and refused to move at first. Then, when he finally did start walking, he walked in the wrong direction and led Mary away from the manger instead of towards it. It was really funny.
One memorable funny story is when a family's cat climbed into the Christmas tree. Every time they tried to get it out, it would climb higher. Eventually, it just sat on top of the tree like it was its new throne. Another is about a man who dressed as Santa for a charity event. He accidentally sat on a whoopee cushion that a naughty kid had placed on the chair right before. His 'ho ho ho' turned into a surprised yelp. It was hilarious.
Well, I remember a story where a group of friends were having a Christmas gift exchange. One person had wrapped their gift in multiple layers of very tough tape. When it was time to open it, the recipient struggled so much that they ended up using a pair of scissors and accidentally cut through the gift inside. It was a small ornament and it broke into pieces. Everyone burst out laughing.
A memorable one was when a child made a Christmas card for his teacher. He drew a very distorted Christmas tree with ornaments all over the place. And instead of writing 'Merry Christmas', he wrote 'Happy Tree Day'. The teacher found it so endearing and funny that she kept it for years.
There was this one office where they had a live nativity scene as part of the Christmas celebration. One of the employees playing a shepherd accidentally tripped over a lamb prop and fell into the manger. It was chaos but super funny. The whole office was talking about it for weeks.
One really funny story is about a raccoon that climbed up a chimney thinking there was food inside. When it got to the fireplace, it was covered in soot and looked like a little black ghost. It ran around the living room scaring everyone until it found some cookies and ran back out. There was also a hen that laid an egg right on the Christmas dinner table. It was quite a surprise for the family. And a fox once got into a shed full of Christmas decorations and ended up with a string of lights around its tail as it ran away.
In a family, a child really wanted a tablet for Christmas. But his parents wrapped up a big box with a picture of a tablet on it. Inside was just a piece of paper that said 'You need to earn it first'. It was a funny way to teach the child about working hard for what you want while still having a bit of Christmas fun. The child ended up getting the tablet a few months later after achieving good grades at school.
My cousin got a singing fish plaque one Christmas. Every time someone walked by it, it would start singing 'Take Me to the River'. It was so tacky yet so funny that it became the center of attention during the holiday gathering.