This is what you call a real nightmare before Christmas.

Police in California say a woman’s ex-husband attempted to slither down her home’s chimney before getting stuck in an incredible break-in attempt that was caught on video.

Cameras outside the Orange County home captured the jilted ex-lover being pulled from the dismantled chimney early Monday morning, KTLA reported, in an outrageous sight that would leave Kris Kringle in tears.