'It's an avocado, thanks!' Father deliberately gives his son a terrible birthday gift to test his manners... with adorable results

• Father Jeff Simmons said he had been teaching son about good manners
• Explained that even when you get a bad gift you have to pretend to enjoy it
• Later gave the boy an avocado for his birthday and got 'thank you' in return
• Since posting the video online it has been watched 44million times 

By Chris Pleasance For Dailymail.com

Published: 22:38 EST, 25 August 2015 | Updated: 00:45 EST, 26 August 2015

Every Christmas it seems that Facebook and Twitter are flooded with messages from ungrateful children bemoaning the often-expensive gifts their parents have got for them.

But one little boy in the U.S. is showing the spoiled brats of this world how to accept a gift with true gratitude after his father deliberately gave him the terrible gift of an avocado for his birthday.

While most toddlers would have been reduced to tears after unwrapping the present, this boy simply beams at the camera, adding 'thanks!' in an unbearably cute voice.

 

Father Jeff Simmons said he had been teaching his son about manners before handing the toddler an avocado as a birthday present to test his reaction

Father Jeff Simmons said he gave his son the awful gift as part of a test of the boy's manners, one which he passed with flying colors.

In an email to Global News, Mr Simmons said: '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.

'So we wrapped up an avocado later on and this was his response!'

The short clip, posted on Vine, shows the boy unwrapping the oddly-shaped birthday gift which is covered with Christmas-themed wrapping paper.

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Without missing a beat the little boy is seen smiling and saying: 'It's an avocado, thanks'. Since being posted on Vine, the video has been watched more than 44million times

He pulls the paper off at which point the dark green fruit falls into his lap and he picks it up.

Without missing a beat, he picks it up, smiles and says: 'It's an avocado, thanks!'

Since being posted on the social networking site, the video has been watched more than 44million times, has received 262,000 likes and 10,000 comments.

Vine user Tyler Smith wrote 'His voice is adorable', while another girl going under the handle 'superIrish' added: 'He is literally the cutest thing!' 

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