Stacey Solomon in stitches as she shows her epic Christmas fail and 'saggy' Santa hat

Stacey Solomon couldn't stop laughing as she confessed to two epic Christmas fails ahead of the weekend, including her extremely "saggy" Santa hat.

The former X Factor star, 33, was in stiches as she showed fans her festive fails after ordering the items online over "six weeks" ago.

She had planned a sweet surprise for her two youngest kids, shared with fiancé Joe Swash – she has two other children from previous relationships.

Seemingly aimed at her and Joe's kids, son Rex, three, and daughter Rose, one, Stacey had bought something special ahead of Christmas – which didn't quite go as planned.

Stacey showed off her 'sagging' Santa hat (staceysolomon/Instagram)

She laughed at the tiny gingerbread houses (staceysolomon/Instagram)

"I ordered two things that took like six weeks to come that I was really excited about," she explained in a side-splitting clip on her Instagram Story.

"I love wearing a Santa hat over Xmas, it's become a weird tradition for us, but I lost my good one somehow so I bought a new one," Stacey said.

"Just decided to put it one for the festive period and it turns out I've bought the strangest, saggiest Santa hat I've ever seen," she joked.

She shared a snap of her family sleeping earlier (staceysolomon/Instagram)

Stacey also posted her kids' matching pyjamas (staceysolomon/Instagram)

Trying to hold back the laughter, Stacey explained: "I thought, 'this looks like a nice one'. I was wrong. Was is this long floppy empty sock?"

Giggling heavily at this point, she continued: "What is this Santa hat? This does not look like a Santa hat, it looks like Scrooge's pyjamas gone wrong. Shall I double it over?"

Speaking of her failed surprise for her youngest kids, Stacey said: "Then I ordered gingerbread houses, I thought on Christmas Eve we'll make them, here they are in real life."

Stacey had already shared her family's festive snap (staceysolomon/instagram)

Showing the tiny sweet treats, she joked: "Why are they so small? I mean I'm sure the kids will still enjoy it but they were like £8 for that, for the smallest gingerbread house."

Really laughing now, Stacey quipped: "It's like a gingerbread house for the Borrowers."

It comes after Stacey cemented her place as the UK queen of Christmas as she shared her annual family festive picture.

She was all smiles in a wooden sleigh with Rex and Rose and their dogs Peanut and Teddy, as festive decorations and foliage adorn the entrance to the family home, Pickle Cottage.

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