Young man receives bottles of olive oil as a gift from grandparents

The price of olive oil is so high that this can be considered a luxury gift

Young Portuguese man receives bottles of olive oil as a gift from his grandparents and goes viral

Portuguese people love a good dish drizzled with olive oil, right? And we all know the exorbitant price of olive oil in Portugal these days. That’s why receiving six 5-liter jugs each filled with olive oil can be almost the equivalent of six gold bars.

This is the story of two Portuguese grandparents who decided to give bottles of olive oil to their grandson and which went viral on social media hours later.

The grandson couldn’t contain his emotion when he shared the news on Twitter. With a hint of sarcasm and a touch of gratitude, he wrote: “I won the Christmas game. Thanks grandma, thanks grandpa. I have olive oil until 2040!”. The enthusiasm was real. These grandparents’ original gift caught their own grandson off guard.

The post quickly went viral, with other users genuinely impressed. The comments left are truly hilarious and show how, nowadays, receiving olive oil is akin to receiving a luxury gift. Some even calculated the monetary value of the gift, saying that it was equivalent to a small fortune: “How is olive oil doing, it’s 40/50€ for each bottle”.

“You’ll have the tax authorities at home with such a display of wealth!”, “Sell that and buy a 3-bedroom apartment in the center of Lisbon”, “Savings Certificates”, “It’s a great gift. If you want to get rid of a bottle, I’ll take it,” are some of the hilarious comments left on the post.

Life is so expensive that receiving useful gifts for everyday life, which would once have been insignificant, becomes a real luxury. Never underestimate mothers or aunts’ pyjamas, grandparents’ olive oil or great-aunts’ pans.

And while some received endless boxes of chocolates, this grandson is ready to face the coming years with an endless supply of Portuguese olive oil, thanks to his grandparents’ avant-garde vision.