We’ve all heard of Christmas trees, Christmas presents, and Christmas carols, but what about Christmas gas?
This is what holiday jokesters are telling their loved ones that they pumped air into their cars as part of a viral TikTok prank.
“Hey, it’s Hannah,” a naughty girl said to her husband on the phone.
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“I had a problem. I stopped to get gas on my way to work and it was out of gas. So I had to get gas for Christmas. And now my car is running really bad. I was sputtering and could hardly go to work.”
Hannah Crawford decided to try out the viral ‘Christmas gas’ prank on her husband and captured the humorous moment on video. (Hannah Crawford)
Hannah Crawford, 31, of Stockton, Alabama, heard about the prank from a friend and couldn’t help but try it out on her husband.
The family counselor snuck into a colleague’s office and made a phone call.
“What did you just use?” Clayton Crawford can be heard asking, according to a video his wife posted on TikTok. “Don’t play with me. What are you talking about?”
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At this point, he seems skeptical.
The prank depicts a woman telling her spouse, lover, or male family member how to fill up her car with a green pump, calling it “Christmas gas.” (St. Petersburg)
“Christmas gas,” she replied, unable to suppress a laugh.
It had a green handle instead of black.
“I’m going to kill you,” Clayton Crawford told his wife. “If you do that, you better throw that car off a bridge somewhere. You better find a way to fix it all, because it’s going to ruin everything I’m saying.”
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“They’re fixing it now,” Hannah Crawford assured her husband.
Clayton Crawford was suspicious of his wife’s phone call, but said that no matter how insane it may sound, “it’s not impossible” to her. (St. Petersburg)
“I put diesel in the car,” he says. “I can’t help it. The green handle is a diesel.”
“He got into it,” Hannah Crawford told Fox News Digital. But Clayton said he had his doubts.
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“As you can imagine, to be honest, I was probably tired of her attitude,” Clayton Crawford told FOX News Digital.
Users posting in the comments section of Hannah Crawford’s video couldn’t help but laugh at her husband’s reaction to the prank. (St. Petersburg)
“But this time you might be half-wondering if she actually did it. One thing about her is that it’s never impossible. She’s always like, ‘Oh my god. ‘When you get on the phone with her, you never know what you’re going to get,’ he said.
Viewers seemed excited by the video.
“I’m so glad his first thought was insurance fraud,” one person commented.
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“The fact that he doesn’t even phase that he has a problem,” another wrote.
This trend started in 2023, with some users racking up millions of views with this holiday joke. (St. Petersburg)
“Why did he give off a Rip from Yellowstone vibe when he said, ‘I don’t have time for you today,'” one person commented.
The Christmas gas trend started in 2023, with many videos going viral, like Carsen Holloway Ward’s 2.9 million views after tricking her father into thinking she bought the “Christmas gas” she saw on TikTok. did.
“You don’t follow TikTok,” the father replied, adding, “That’s why kids don’t know anything about life.”
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“I’ve actually put diesel in my gas car and can testify that not all dads are this gentle,” someone commented.
“His little princess is so patient,” another wrote.
Paul Sadoski, owner of Valvoline Express Care, said adding diesel fuel can be a hassle and expensive. (Paul Sadoski)
While the video drew laughs, the actual effects of adding diesel fuel to a gasoline-powered vehicle are problematic and can be costly, said Valvoline Express Care owner in Waco, Texas. Paul Sadosky told Fox News Digital.
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“There’s still gas in the line so it will start,” Sadoski said.
The trending “Christmas petrol” prank will make the men around you panic as they think you’ve put a festive green pump, or diesel, in your car. (Hannah Crawford; iStock)
“But once you run out of gas in the line and switch to diesel, you’re probably going to start running rough. You’re going to start smoking and the car is going to start misfiring,” he said.
Eventually, damage may require a new motor.
Diesel fuel is thicker than gasoline, evaporates more slowly, and is therefore not compatible at all.
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“But if we find it in time, we might just flush all the lines and put in a new fuel filter,” Sadosky said.
“Some fuel lines may need to be replaced.”
Sadosky added that putting gas in a diesel car is actually worse.
