NAKED FAMILIES huddled together in front of the tree, tie-dye festive jumpers and blood-curdling Christmas clowns – welcome to the uncomfortably weird world of awkward family photos.

Think a Christmas card with Santa sitting on a beach chair, feet up on a chilly bin (cooler) drinking a beer and wearing sunnies with a pohutakawa tree (New Zealand Christmas tree) in the foreground.

Read our privacy notice. A protester dressed as Santa Claus climbed onto the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree and staged a dramatic demonstration during a busy Sunday morning in central London.