A French Comedian Staged A Video Of A Boy Receiving 'Mein Kampf' Instead Of 'Minecraft'

There is truly nothing quite like Christmas content. French comedian Yann Stotz decided to stage a video on his Instagram where a young boy received the book Mein Kampf instead of the game Minecraft from his grandfather, which is what he actually asked for. After the video was taken from Stotz's Instagram page without credit, it imploded on Twitter where it became viral, causing both the game and book to trend.

 
The minute the video hit the internet, it was all anyone could talk about.

If you haven’t seen this video of a French dad who asked his dad to buy his son Minecraft for Christmas you’re about to witness a colossal misunderstanding pic.twitter.com/CdGnWc0oGP

— Ash Warner (@AlsBoy) December 27, 2019

 
Luckily, there were people on Twitter to help translate what was being said in French.

 
There was even this dark assessment.

It's just occured to me that this video is the perfect metaphor for everything that's gone wrong in the West in the past 5 years.We all thought we were getting Minecraft but the boomers have given us Mein Kampf. https://t.co/vLZTo0yfXK

— BarnetHumanist 🖤 (@BarnetHumanist) December 27, 2019

 
Many did not know how to react.

 
The video apparently had everything.

I don't know how they did it, but this video has every element of my Discord server. It's got Minecraft, confused french people, disappointed children, Mein Kampf, https://t.co/RRhSR8hbFK

— Christmasfynde (@Mitchfynde) December 27, 2019

 
Some found themselves speechless.

 
Mostly many couldn't believe someone could make such a big mistake in the first place.

How does one confuse Minecraft with Mein Kampf?!

— Formerly Ozawk of the Alps (@Ozawk) December 27, 2019

 
And others argued it could have been way worse.

 
Still, the video garnered enough of a reaction to send both titles to trend.

Minecraft is trending in France because some guy bought Mein Kampf to his grandson on Xmas instead of Minecraft

— GalacticPirate 🇫🇷🇪🇺🌍 (@GalacticPirate_) December 25, 2019

 
And many found it to be an excellent addition to their Christmas Twitter timelines.

best christmas shit twitter post is the french dude gifting a child mein kampf instead of minecraft.

— age of disavowal (@iustushostis) December 27, 2019

 
Fortunately the video was finally debunked by Buzzfeed News after the comedian had given an interview with the French newspaper <20 Minutes>.

A viral video of a child receiving a copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf instead of Minecraft for Christmas was a staged joke, according to its creator https://t.co/KwlXyh64rm

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) December 27, 2019

 
While the backstory behind the video finally made the rounds on Twitter, many couldn't help but be entertained by it still.

I just watched an hilarious Instagram story in which a grandfather offers his grandson Hitler's book "Mein Kampf".The dad: "No Dad, he asked for Minecraft! It's a video game!"Fake but I laughed hard x]

— Bladerush (@endharblade) December 27, 2019

 
One thing is for sure, this may wind up being a recurring problem.

One time at a UofL football game, they announced that the kick-off kid who runs onto the field to get the kicking tee enjoyed Minecraft, among other factoids about him. The closed caption tho read that he enjoyed Mein Kamp. Now MarcusGreenWDRB and I only watch the closed caption https://t.co/GhzvDNijjM

&mdash; Jason Riley (JasonRileyWDRB) December 27, 2019