The Official ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Wrapping Paper Is Perfect for Presents of Nothing

In the immortal words of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s own Ebenezer Scrooge, “Merry Christmas, bitches!”

It’s common for comedy TV shows to cash-in on some branded merchandising opportunities during the holiday season -- but, usually, when a sitcom starts selling themed Christmas goods, they don’t have a holiday episode that went… like that. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia first released the double-length, profanity-filled and animated-elf-penis-flashing holiday episode “A Very Sunny Christmas” as a DVD/Blu-Ray special in November, 2009, and it would take FX over a year to eventually air a heavily censored version of the episode absent lines like “Did you fuck my mom Santa?” and “You go fuck yourself in your fat fuckin’ ass.”

Despite It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s checkered history with the holiday of Christmas, this year, die-hard It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fans who purchase merch through the official Hulu shop can receive a free roll of Always Sunny-themed wrapping paper, which they can then use to conceal the empty cardboard boxes that they’ll give to their horrible children this December 25.

In “A Very Summer Christmas,” which is, technically, the Season 5 finale, despite the fact that it wouldn't air on FX until after the entirety of Season 6, we learn one of the most hilariously cynical tidbits about the Reynolds family and its traditions when Frank unleashes the ultimate fake-out on Dennis and Dee. Every year on Christmas, Frank would wrap cardboard boxes full of nothing but air and make his twin bastards tear apart the boxes on camera just to show them how awful they are – then, he would reveal that he had bought himself whatever gifts were at the top of their wish list, up to and including a Lamborghini Countach, priced at around $600,000.

Despite Dennis and Dee's best attempts to teach Frank the error of his ways by sewing him into a couch at his old company's holiday party, making him watch his favorite home videos next to his old scorned partner Eugene and showing him a fake headstone reading "He was a dick of a father," it takes Frank crashing the aforementioned Lamborghini and having a near-death experience for him to finally drop the fake-out. However, Eugene ends up making off with the Lamborghini and all the presents despite Dennis and Dee's best efforts to save Christmas, and the Gang has to settle for celebrating the true meaning of the holiday – throwing rocks at trains.

Maybe, after It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia fans ruin this Christmas for their kids with this themed wrapping paper and some empty boxes, the unfortunate children can save their morning by following the McDonald family Christmas traditions. I'm sure at least one other house on their block has a sweet robot.