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Nightmare Before Christmas! The parents provoke a backlash by dressing up as the Grinch to steal Christmas presents from their traumatized children, leaving them screaming and crying.
- One festive trend is to see parents dressing up as the Grinch ‘stealing’ presents from under the Christmas tree as a prank, causing some children to scream and cry in fear.
- The viral videos of the pranks have drawn criticism from some viewers, who say the prank is traumatizing for children and could lead to anger issues in the future.
- However, some families continue to use the prank as a form of punishment or for comedic purposes, with some posting videos of themselves laughing at the children.
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Parents are leaving their children traumatized by dressing up as the Grinch and stealing gifts from their own home, sparking a huge debate on social media over whether or not the latest prank is cruel to children.
A new set of viral videos shows parents enjoying traumatizing their own children when someone dressed as the Grinch breaks into their home to steal their holiday gifts.
Several of the settings have gone viral in recent days seeing the kids at home when all of a sudden all the peace and quiet is shattered as the mean-spirited character bursts inside without anyone putting up a fight.
Unsurprisingly, in almost every scenario it all ends in tears as children run for their lives distraught over what they’ve just witnessed, though in at least one case, a child tried to fight back.
In some of the examples, children freeze in sheer panic as they struggle to understand what is happening.
Are bad! One festive trend is to see parents dressing up as the Grinch ‘stealing’ presents from under the Christmas tree as a prank, causing some children to scream and cry in fear.
In one video, a boy appears to be trying to fight off the hideous holiday intruder.
The grinch could be seen stuffing presents under the Christmas tree into his bag.
The kids had been happily watching a Christmas video when the Grinch burst in.
In a TikTok video that has generated more than 33 million views, two young children are happily watching the movie Elf when the Grinch arrives with a garbage bag in hand.
The boys’ reaction is immediate, as they yell and scramble away while throwing a pillow to try to drive the wretched monster back.
A boy is left on the couch with tears running down his face as his brother pushes and punches the Grinch, who simply pushes him out of the way and finally makes it out of the house with his gifts.
It has led users online to question the prank.
Children enjoying a Christmas party were caught off guard by this nasty surprise when the Grinch walked in.
The character could be seen opening presents while the parents sat on the couch and cracked up.
‘Teacher: so what did you get for Christmas? Kid: PTSD’, one user commented.
‘What did you give your children for Christmas? Trauma …. I traumatized them,’ wrote another.
“I really don’t understand why anyone would want to upset their kids like this,” another user posted.
Despite the backlash online, the families still seem to be amused by the prank.
In another video the children could be seen screaming in terror as their father terrorized them.
A girl could be seen running for her life when the Grinch appeared to chase her.
The horror show was filmed by another family member who archived the torturous scene.
In another video, the Grinch can be seen crashing a family’s Christmas party just as the kids are playing by the Christmas tree.
All the kids run and hide while the Grinch breaks their presents.
Meanwhile, her parents can be seen sitting comfortably on the couch laughing as the drama unfolds before them.
A viral video with nearly 4 million views shows dad Zak Nellemann scaring his own children by walking into the house dressed as the Grinch.
Nellemann dances down the aisle as her children scream and run for cover.
Although they are terrified in a video, in follow-up clips the children can be seen trying on the Gricnh costume.
The children were later seen to recover as they were allowed to parade in the Grinch costume.