The holiday season is on its way — a time when towns around the world gather together, cover their neighborhoods in flashing lights, and encourage holiday cheer. One of the ways that a town can do this is by commissioning a themed mural from a local artist. But, if they can’t be bothered to pay someone with talent, they can also just get AI to do it … right?

Well, maybe not. A London suburb has attracted controversy after revealing a new, Christmas-themed mural. However, the mural was clearly generated by AI and, as a result, is a horror show that evokes more “sick” than Saint Nick.

How do we know it’s AI? First, it’s bad. Second, as noted by ArtNet, the piece lacks “any clear governing logic.”

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“The disturbing scene appeared to contain large troops of men with misshapen bodies and contorted faces attempting to skate over shallow, foamy waters,” writes author Jo Lawson-Tancred. “Elsewhere, groups filled an infeasibly large wooden boat. Heavily-disfigured dogs bounded about, some appearing to transmogrify into birds. In the background, wooden huts suggestive of a Christmas market were partially engulfed in flames.”

Given that this is the art world, there’s always a chance that this nightmare was intentional. There are rumors that the mural was made by Mat Collishaw, a well-known art world provocateur who has recently been experimenting with artificial intelligence.

Regardless, people hated the thing — and just as soon as the piece was put up, it was permanently removed. Let’s keep it that way.