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20th December 2016
12:10am GMT

Christmas is a time for family – and that can be a real pain in the arse sometimes.
So, to make things just a little bit more fun, we put together 15 fantastically entertaining lies tall tales with which you can regale your younger relatives, should you draw the short straw and be stuck at the kiddies' table.
Use responsi... actually no, don't.
Easy, simple, effective – and seasonal.

It happened to one of your other cousins one year, and he's never really gotten over it.

And that you must be good EVERY TIME THERE IS A BIRD IN THE SKY.

And there's an official passing over ceremony at your 18th.
Don't think anything bold now...

The ultimate seed of doubt.

And throw parties when you leave the house.

Like a fountain.
This just encourages good hygiene, if nothing else.

Bit shit when you realise it's not that simple, but pretty solid until then.

And when you use them all up, you can't speak until the next month.
So when they're starting to annoy you, just say 'you've just hit 900'

Sure, when else would they rest?

And liquorice milk from black ones.

'What? You haven't seen one? Try being better'

(Game-changer when you're running out of mixer)

Illegal move by an adult eyeing up the final Galaxy Caramel - survival of the fittest rules supreme.

Cleaning up this world one stinking child at a time.

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