“Thanks Natalina”: Understand the meme that goes viral every Christmas

I wrote in Media he 12/26/2023 11:27 AM

Over the past few years, it has become common to see Christmas posts and messages on social media with an unusual expression: “Thank you, Natalina.” The term came from internet memes that spread among young people and A humorous way to say happy birthday has become popular on the web.

Expression It came from a video by the comedian Diogo Defanti for his YouTube channel. On Christmas 2019, Devante recorded a video for the program “Repórter Doidão”, in which He interviewed two boys who were selling candy In the Madureira neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro (RJ).

Devante arrives by surprise and approaches the two children, Kike and Wesley. Kayck then asks: “Send a message to the guys over there, Christmas.” The boy is confused and immediately replies: “Thank you, Natalina.”. see below.

the video It went viral on social media that year and created a new Christmas tradition. It has been this success since June of this year, Diogo Defanti She is being sued by the family of the young man who coined the phrase.

The teenager's mother It seeks the profits that Devanti would have earned from the fallout from the video and compensation for the improper use of the minor's image. Christmas after 2020 viral video recording, Devante I got to meet the two boys To register on YouTube.

Who is Diogo Defanti?

Comedian and YouTuber Diogo DiFanti started posting videos online in 2012. He built a following Of the unusual and mysterious videos, especially in the “Repórter Doidão” section, He goes out to the streets and events to meet people in a humorous way. him too Known for his interviews with participants Or.

Today, Defante has more than 3 million followers on Instagram and 2.5 million subscribers on YouTube. In 2022, he covered the World Cup in Qatar for YouTube channel Casemiro.