There's plenty of Christmas traditions that we all look forward to; presents, eating all of the food in the whole wide world, drinking all the drinks..
But there's also plenty of Christmas traditions that kind of suck. Things like Christmas pudding or listening to racist great uncles come dangerously close to spouting the BNP manifesto at dinner. But the one Christmas tradition that far and above outweighs the other shit things about Christmas? Watching a sex scene with your parents on the telly.
There you are, all settled in, watching what you think is a safe family friendly film (hey, you watched it with your mates, you don't remember any penis-in-vagina-action - it's probably OK) when all of a sudden, one of the main characters starts giving another a hand job under the table, or two characters have a long and very heated discussion about having sex and the world 'pussy' is used. Horrifying stuff.
You all sit there panicking and either deal with it in one of three ways..
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Complete and utter silence. If you don't say anything they might forget you exist and you'll never have to talk to each other again.
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Talking loudly about something else that happened earlier on in the film, pretending you can't see the pumping flesh action going on out of the corner of your eye.
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Leave the room. The coward's way out.
BUT! Don't worry guys. There is a super sneaky tool to help you figure out whether a film is safe of not before you start watching it.
See, over on iMDb, if you go to a film's page and scroll down to the very bottom, there's a thing called 'Parental Guide' which is basically designed for super nervous parents who don't understand the concept of age-rating systems.
Anyways, for each film, super anal iMDb users have written EXACTLY what happens in the film in terms of graphic nature - you'll see everything from 'A man and a woman discuss kissing' to 'Penis in vagina penetration can be seen. A woman climaxes'.
So, all you need to do to make sure a film is safe for you to watch with Mom and Pops is have a quick scan of what other parents have written about it, decide whether that's something you can handle and, either settle down to watch it, or steer your parents in another direction. Like to an animated Disney film.
And there you have it, another #debriefsaveschristmas moment to make sure you have a super yueltide. Stay safe out there ladies.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.