A toddler with an attitude of gratitude is teaching the Internet an important lesson.
The three-year-old from New England was celebrating his birthday when he ripped open an oddly shaped gift wrapped in Christmas paper.
In a video posted on Vine by the boy’s uncle Jeffery Simmons, he says a very polite “thanks” for the avocado that rolls out of the wrapping paper, a gag gift that most kids his age might have thrown a fit about.
“Earlier in the day we were teaching him that when you get presents from friends and family, you have to react in a polite way, even if you don’t actually like the present,” Simmons told Global News in an email. “So we wrapped up an avocado later on and this was his response!”
The hilariously polite reaction has spawned its own set of reaction videos as viewers applaud the child for his aplomb and grace.
Back in 2011, Tim Cocker, a UK radio host and father to Louie and Connie tried a similar experiment on his children to test how spoiled they were.
He handed them each an early Christmas present: a banana for Louie and an onion for Connie.
To his surprise, both children were elated and thankful for their “terrible” gifts.
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