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VIDEO: Sandra Lee’s Drunk Christmas Tree
Posted on December 23rd 2009 by Jillian Madison

By popular request, here’s a ghost from Christmas past: Sandra Lee’s infamous cocktail tree! She boasts, “Of all the trees I have ever created, this is my very favorite one.” You don’t say, Sandra. You don’t say.



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---Food Network Finally Embraces Sandra Lee’s Status As A Drunk Icon
---Merry Christmas from Sandra Lee
---Rachael Ray Has Her Own CHRISTMAS CD
---No One Is Safe This Christmas

    53 Responses

  1. Sara says:

    When I first saw this, I involuntarily laughed out loud. I couldn’t help myself–it’s just so funny that this woman thinks this tree is actually professional and festive but it’s actually ridiculous and tacky! And the Nutcracker with “his own frosty drink” was just over the top–are you sure she’s not parodying herself? She can’t be serious–can she?

  2. Lynxie says:

    I love a drink just as much as the next gal… but come on. Celebrating how much you drink is just… sad. Me thinks she needs some professional help.

  3. oh_come_on says:

    Absurd!

  4. BOO! says:

    What in the hell is this nut thinking?

  5. michmom05 says:

    A cocktail tree. With a nutcracker holding a “frosty cocktail” on top. Well, I don’t know about you, but I certainly can’t think of a better way to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. I wonder if there is a little police car ornament on there somewhere with a little policeman with a handful of money, to represent all the times that Sandy Jean the Vodka Queen was NOT picked up for drunk driving as she pulled out of her driveway. Drink up, Sandy. It’s all over for you. The spirits of tackiness have invaded your brain and are holding you captive.

  6. Vince says:

    sooooo, I guess it’s safe to say that if she’s taking things THAT far, then she’s pretty much an alcoholic. And if she is such, and FN keeps paying her to do goofy shit like this, then that would make them enablers. Therefore, FN is part of the problem. You’d think w/ all the money that she’s raking in for them, they’d at least offer to buy her a neck reduction.

  7. michmom05 says:

    Just watched it again and I have a different spin on it now. Perhaps this is Aunt Sandy’s way of trying to stay sober, since she said that she took “eeeeverything” off the bar and hung all the glass upside down on the tree. Think about it: if the glasses are all hanging upside down on the tree, she can’t fill them with vodka. Hmmm…nah. Come to think of it, she could just drink it straight from the bottle, which is something that she has probably been doing for a long time.

  8. Gregg says:

    I remember thinking when this episode first aired that it was the biggest WTF? moment in the history of the Food Network. Nothing that’s happened in the ensuing years has changed this opinion.

  9. DesignerJeans says:

    Google “functional drunk” and you get Aunt (hic) Sandy… truly, the only thing that can explain this hideous specimen…

    and the tree too…

  10. byrdie says:

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.

    This tree was ‘created’(cough)just so Aunt(hic)(burfpff)Sandy could drink directly from the bottle.

    • Dave says:

      Can you please mention Aunt Sandy just ONCE without writing (hic)(burfpff) — I’m so sick of seeing it.

      • byrdie says:

        Uh…..NO.

      • Dave says:

        You have one joke, and I’m sure I’m not alone when I say I’m tired of seeing it. Consider it constructive criticism. Do the world a favor and add a few new jokes to your repertoire.

      • byrdie says:

        Uh…perhaps you should just move along. Have a nice day.

      • Dave says:

        Lady, I’m not moving anywhere. I’m not sure who you think you are but you can’t dismiss everyone who offers you constructive criticism. That is pathetic. I’m not talking about this anymore in the comments section, it’s rude. Take my advice, or leave it. The end.

      • byrdie says:

        What’s pathetic is that you start a thread, then you don’t want to talk about it anymore because it’s rude. Time for your prozac…

    • Dave says:

      Incorrect. What’s rude is to retort back and forth about it in a comments section for 20 minutes. I made my point. You’ve done nothing but try to belittle me because I dared call you out on your repetitiveness. And if you’d like to finish this conversation head to the message forums as Jill requested we do so long ago. Or let me guess, you have no respect for her or this website either? Stop being such a stupid old bitch and get an ounce of class.

      • Judith says:

        Dave, for heavens sake you are rude and obnoxious. You are belittling yourself by your immature behavior. Get over yourself.

      • michmom05 says:

        Man, that was UNCALLED for! Having a bad day????

      • DesignerJeans says:

        Something tells me this is a _normal_ day for dave…. Screw off (hic) Dave and take your failure of anger management classes with you….

        (hic)

      • Judith says:

        Dave, be afraid-very afraid. No one attacks our beloved Byrdie without retaliation. In fact don’t try attacking Jillian or any of the regulars here or we will find you!!!

      • Gayle King says:

        I’m a regular here and I’m sick of seeing it too. I’m just saying. Guys, it’s not funny or necessary to write it every single time. It’s grating.

        I didn’t see Dave being rude or condescending until you all came at him like a bunch of cranky people on a witch hunt.

        Lighten up and have fun.

      • Lana says:

        Repetitious tag lines are a legitimate form of humor. There does come a point when they become tedious and boring. “Wha’ch’you talkin’ ’bout, Willis,” for example. (Hic)(Burp) hasn’t lived its full life yet, however, I think it IS in it’s senior years.

        Byrdie and I have crossed swords before, but has always been done with respect and an air of “let’s agree to disagree.”

        I hope this site will continue to allow frank, open, honest and dissenting opinions about both the posts AND the comments therein contained. By “this site,” I mean the commentators, and by “allow,” I mean without schoolyard gang histrionics. JMHO

      • Judith says:

        I agree Lana, and calling someone a “stupid old bitch” is not acceptable IMHO.

  11. CherryRose says:

    It’s obvious that Sandra Lee’s a lush, but even more disgusting is that FN promotes it.

  12. Di says:

    I have memories of drunken frat boys decorating their house tree with beer cans and church keys.
    Sandy’s original inspiration, no doubt.
    Go Wisconsin !

    • Kathy says:

      Well, her having lived in Wisconsin definitely explains her preoccupation with booze.

      I’ve lived in Wisconsin my entire life, but sometimes, this drinking thing is so embarrassing…

  13. Turtle says:

    I think it’s funny the only place you can see this epi is on youtube and it’s this quality. I guess Foodnetwork started doing damage control to hide Aunt(hic)Sandy’s obvious problem.

    • cowpoke says:

      It WAS on again this year. Along with all the other horrific holiday disaster shows. Only the Kwanzaa Cake episode was omitted this year. I wonder why…………

  14. Barb says:

    That nutcracker is priceless.

  15. Krez says:

    Oh my God, what is wrong with this woman?!?!

  16. Deanna says:

    The first step is admitting that you have a problem….

  17. Daria says:

    Wow I thought I had seen it all. I stay away from Semi-Ho episodes so this is the first time I’ve seen this tree. First of all who would be crazy enough to go out and buy a bunch of glasses to decorate a tree with (I don’t know about you all but I don’t have that many glasses in my house), and second of all how many are you going to drop and break trying to hang them up?

  18. Brittany says:

    “Daddy Issues,” table for one!

  19. Albert says:

    I love how it cuts out when she mentions the table scape haha, Almost as if we can’t stand it anymore. Well better safe then sorry!

  20. Steve says:

    Do you think this is the tree they hang up at AA meetings across the country? Seinfeld gave us Festivus and Aunt Sandy gave us the Cocktail Tree!

  21. fxtech says:

    This is the perfect tree if you have a family of bar fly’s!

  22. Freezezzy says:

    “martini glasses, of course…”

    Well, we all know what her favorite drink is. xD

  23. Kittykitty says:

    When you hang your barware on a tree, you know you’ve finally run out of ideas for Christmas decorating. My kids saw this episode and my 17-year-old son said, “How much of a drunk do you have to be to put your booze glasses on a Christmas tree?” Maybe next year she can decorate with bottles of aigstrack and gaily painted and glittered tubs of Cool Whip. Martha Stewart, eat your heart out!

  24. jpquinlan says:

    Geez, that tree is just an accident waiting to become a disaster. Even if there are no small children or animals around all it would take is a clumsy drunk to tip that tree over onto the “burning candles”…DUH! “A little fire scarcrow”. Need to cut and paste the two “Guiness Guys” standing around saying “BRILLIANT”. Merry Christmas 2 all.

  25. kevin says:

    that is quite possibly the most disturbing thing she has ever done.

  26. MNLisaB says:

    I was gonna say that clearly she has no animals in the house to worry about- and no little kids. Geez, just a tad obsessed about the cocktails.

  27. PaminBB says:

    Jillian, thanks for putting this up. One of my favorite Semi-Ho moments, it never gets old.

  28. Sajib Malalaoo says:

    Sandra Lee and me were huge partiers in the 80s. She was always claiming she invented vodka.

  29. sweedishchef says:

    oh my god, i love it! i really thought that nothing could top the kwanzaa cake, but aunt sandy never lets me down.

  30. ShelleyBakes says:

    Oh wow – I had never watched that – incredible. Wow.

  31. ZZZ says:

    Dave sounds like a tool

  32. Charles says:

    Who even owns that many cocktail glasses?

    I mean, I have a fair share at my house, but most of them are for either beer or are just regular glasses

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