A pretty solid rule about the internet is that any time you see someone relate a story about something funny or profound that their child said, it is almost always completely made up as a way to make an otherwise mediocre observation or joke seem genius-level because it came from an infant – but would someone as charming and handsome as Ryan Reynolds lie? Well… yeah. But I choose to believe him.
Over the holidays, Reynolds shared a tale on Instagram of his flimsy Christmas logic being spectacularly owned by his daughter, who deftly uncovered his plot to gruesomely murder Santa.
Daughter: Santa comes down the chimney?
Me: Yup.
Daughter: You left the fire burning all night.
Me: Yup. (Silence. Slight breeze. A crow circles in the distance.)
Obviously, is the correct answer is that, as an immortal, Santa is immune to all elemental attacks (frost, fire, etc) and would not be harmed in the slightest by a mere household fireplace but, hey, we can’t all be perfect parents.
