This guy was thrilled when this box landed on his doorstep. See what he got.

So many of us enter the holiday season alive with hope and cheer, and have certain high expectations. However, these image comparisons will drive a little sad, but unfortunately honest reality into those pretty expectations.

A lot of different events occurred in 2011. It’s time to recollect some of the biggest facepalm moments of the passing year.

This project was started in the spring of 2008. Now, as it’s finished, you can see the whole process of this tree fort evolution.

Do you know what troubles your child? These are some of the first grade difficulties.

Another collection of awesome photographs that had no Photoshop touch and look just incredible.

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Mind Bending Photographic Optical Illusions (40 pics)

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A selection of micro kitchen designs by Kitchoo for small NYC apartments. Such a kitchen includes a fridge-freezer, sink, dishwasher, stove-top, microwave, cutlery rack, and trash bin.

This place is the reason to live for many people of 55+. Sun City is located in Arizona. It is self-governed and it’s the largest place of its kind.

This aircraft is the first project manufactured by folks from the African Space Research Program. It’s called African Skyhawk and, according to those who made it, it is the first African made aircraft. The shuttle is designed to hold two pilots inside.

The Norwegian island of Spitsbergen is known for its Svalbard Global Seed Vault, located about 810 miles (1,303 km) from the North Pole. This secure seedbank preserves various plant seeds, duplicates or “spare” copies of seeds from gene banks from around the world, in an underground cavern. If the seeds are lost in gene banks, the Seed Vault will provide insurance, and in case of large-scale crises it will provide a shelter for them.

In this awesome zombie apocalypse destruction game, your mission is to destroy all buildings and zombies in the level. When you get anough money, you can upgrade your weapons to cause even more damage!

Don't forget to look the Morning Picdump.

Did you know that these celebrities used to go out?

Sarah Jessica Parker & Robert Downey Jr., 1987

It doesn’t take much for an animal to look adorable, but this bunch of creatures managed to turn up the cuteness dial to another level. Some of these pets and wild animals were in the middle of the year’s most harrowing natural disasters.

Tucked away in the Adirondack State Park in New York, this cabin is now on sale for $1.75 million. Constructed on top of a cold-war era missile storage tower, it is the ideal home for surviving any potential world-ending scenario.

All these cultural moments had an impact on our lives. They define the past 12 months of 2011.