40 Awkward Family Pics That Are Too Hilarious

Christmas is a time for family, when everyone from the far reaches of the world gather together to catch up, feast and commemorate the holiday spirit with some good old family photos.  While some families end up with heartwarming pictures others might be a more chaotic reflection of the nature of the people being photographed. Scroll below for a riveting collection of pics snapped at just the right moment to capture babies falling out of parents’ arms, fighting dogs and folks caught mid-sneeze amongst many other ridiculous but hilarious moments. 

#1 For My Father’s 88th Birthday, We Took This Traditional Japanese Portrait Of Our Crime Syndicate Family

Image source: JunachoSemiautomatic Kirsten Kerkhof: Everybody is so into it! I love it!

#2 A Friend Had A Family Photo Taken

Image source: FictionFawkes

#3 My Hilarious Father (With The Magazine) And My Grandfather, Grandmother And Uncle At His Bar Mitzvah In 1972

Image source: JasonPlatz

#4 "We're Good Parents I Swear"

Image source: WakaFlockhart Mimi La Souris: remind me of charlie brown playing baseball :D

#5 How To Get Everyone In The Family Picture

Image source: fatassroshi I heart Boo-BI-es: That's actually a good idea. Or maybe you could set the phone down and put it on a timer?/ js

#6 Go Ahead I Dare You To Show Me Your More Awkward Family Photo

Image source: winterbureau sbj: Most disturbing thing about this is the baby is wearing earrings and a necklace

#7 I Found This Gem While Looking Through Family Photos Last Christmas. I Don't Know Why My Grandmother Wanted To Keep It, But I Love It

Image source: Serenityfalcon stupidMonkey : Overalls was trying to collect his inheritance early

#8 The Wind Didn’t Stand A Chance

Image source: EmmeElleJay TheNewJenBrady : The dogs tho???

#9 When Your Pocket Square Is Your Family Hamster For The Christmas Photo

Image source: _MTAnderson Justin: Style

#10 Family Photo Gone Wrong

Image source: queenlimabean Darrelle: Everyone IS smiling,even the dogs ??

#11 My Current Relationship Status: Emily

Image source: cantseawright

#12 We Finally Got A Family Photo That Represents Us

Image source: hexmedia Delenn: This is beautiful

#13 Yet Another Year As The Last Unmarried In The Family

Image source: TheDeepBlueZ I heart Boo-BI-es: Bro's wife looks different in every picture.

#14 Nothing But Aquanet

Image source: grievingkidneys Delenn: oh god, that hair. I only see hair...

#15 Family Photo From Last Fall: We Had To Physically Restrain My Little Brother And When He Finally Got To Jump, The Photographer Caught This Gem

Image source: neworleansbounce Multa Nocte : Or was he levitating?

#16 The Chicken Has Joined Our Family Photo

Image source: jeniferboycephotography BigCityLady : Yup. I don’t think that the chicken was “feeling” it….

#17 My Wife Looked So Obnoxiously Thin 24 Hours After Giving Birth That I Joked That I Looked Like The One Who Had Just Given Birth. So We Decided To Swap For A Funny Photo

Image source: tyleryoungblood

#18 That Family Picture Where I Had My Hand In My Pants

Image source: mrjeffro

#19 10 Years Ago It Was Our First Family Photo, It Looked Like We Stole Someone's Kid

Image source: Skissored

#20 This Is As 1988 As It Gets

Image source: jonolong

#21 My Family Was Not Particularly Photogenic In The 80s

Image source: reddit.com Libstak: The baby, I'm in tears laughing

#22 Nothing Says 1980's Like My Friend's Family Photo

Image source: MsKwispy VioletHunter: Oh God, the mullet on the middle kid!

#23 Graduating Today From Temple University After 15 Years Of Working Full-Time And Balancing My Life. Attempted To Take A Family Photo At Graduation

Image source: northeastunion BigCityLady : Well you certainly captured the last 15 years brilliantly with just one shot!! ??

#24 Channeling The Winter Of 1980. This Was Our Family's Holiday Photo Last Year. We Need To Have A Sense Of Humor In Life And Not Take Ourselves Too Seriously

Image source: sheilangonzihackbarth VioletHunter : Poor Mum is the only one playing along! Dad looks like he just saw the repair bill for that car accident that gave him the plaster on his head.

#25 I Set The Timer On The Camera And Then Fell Running To Get In The Photo. This Is My Family's Reaction

Image source: drossmaster4 Eva-Katherine Smith: You made a lovely family photo. Look how happy they all are, not an upset face in sight.

#26 Annual Family Photo

Image source: TitillatingTofu Multa Nocte: I love that everyone switched costumes!

#27 My Mom Missed A Group Photo So She Offered To Photoshop Herself In

Image source: milkyboi1 Annik Perrot: Looks like they're at her funeral.

#28 Yes This Is Really My Childhood Family Photo

Image source: kikiboniki Delenn: Looks like a Calvin Klein commercial gone wrong

#29 For Our First Family Portrait We Told My Younger Sister To Make Sure To Not Blink, And To Smile Nice And Big. All Of The Pictures Came Out Like This

Image source: peppermintty BigCityLady: And she carried out the directions perfectly!!

#30 My Nephew Wasn't Down For Our Wizard Of Oz Halloween Theme

Image source: nerves76 Stefaan De Clerck: We're off to see the wizard, the dark lord wizard of Ozz.

#31 Happy Halloween From Our Beautiful Family To Yours

Image source: chloebeephoto Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! : I KNEW they were real!

#32 Sometimes Matching Your Clothes During The Family Photo Shoot Isn't The Best Idea

Image source: Aribear SleepSycho: He looks like a broken centaur

#33 An Authentic Family Portrait

Image source: jefffrandsen sbj: Doggie looks unimpressed

#34 We Just Wanted A Nice Family Photo

Image source: jimmynudetron69 Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!: Two of the family aren't feeling it.

#35 My Grandparents And My Mother In The Front. 1967, Tokyo, Japan

Image source: PastaManSan

#36 My Friend's Family's Christmas Card

Image source: Imjusttryingtothink Scott Rackley: ok, initially I only saw one...two things.

#37 Family Photos

Image source: eldridgephotography BigCityLady: A picture is worth a thousand words but this is is actually speaking the truth!!

#38 Family Thanksgiving 1990. What A Time To Be Alive

Image source: gabriellejayne TheNewJenBrady: So. Much. Hair.

#39 Atheist Friend's Parents Forced Him To Be In The Church Directory Photo. They Settled

Image source: BiologyRulez Multa Nocte : Good for him!

#40 So My Friend Almost Dropped The Baby During Their Family Photo Shoot

Image source: Nationaltwenty Kimbowa : Well maybe if he didn’t have his arm around the tree…