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Fans Are Discovering Mrs. Claus' First Name Thanks To Ryan Reynolds Trolling Blake Lively On Instagram

Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds walk out of a venue holding hands and smiling. Lively is looking at the camera, while Reynolds is looking back toward Lively.
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The married actors' habit of publicly trolling each other had a surprisingly educational benefit thanks to their recent visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

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By Winn Sioux Christnot-PetersDec 08, 2022
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Winn Sioux Christnot-Peters is a writer/web designer and aspiring librarian based in Maine. When not writing, they devote much of their time to multiple non-profit organizations, largely focusing on LGBTQ+ rights and animal welfare. During rare moments of free time Winn enjoys video and tabletop games, as well as various nerdy fiber crafts such as crocheting (mainly amigurumi Pokémon, cat toys, and blankets) and counted cross stitch.

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Among Ryan Reynolds' 46.7 million followers, there are apparently quite a few who have never seen the classic Rankin/Bass stop motion Christmas special Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, as they were quite surprised to learn of Mrs. Claus' given name.

A recent photo of Reynolds and his wife and fellow actor Blake Lively with the North Pole duo during a trip on Essex Steam Train's Polar Express gave rise to the amazement and amusement of fans.

Reynolds and Lively have a long-running joke feud where they badly crop each other out of photos—frequently on each others' birthday.

The pair famously troll each other online fairly frequently, but it's not certain whether the latest cropping incident was actually intentional, or if Reynolds just genuinely cropped the photo badly.

This time, Reynolds didn't crop all of Lively out of their holiday photo with Mr. and Mrs. Clause—just her shoes.

Lively took issue with her husband's bad cropping job and let him know in the comments.

Comment from user blakelively "My. Shoes [eyeroll emoji]"blakelively/Instagram

In response, Reynolds quickly admitted his egregious error and posted an edited version of the photo to his story with his face covered by a facepalm emoji sticker and the caption:

"I cropped my wife's shoes out in the photo I posted."
"It's inexcusable and I'm sorry to anyone I've hurt with this callous lack of fortitude."
"Heading to the hospital to have my brain weighed."

A photo of married actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds with Santa and Mrs. Claus with a facepalm emoji sticker over Reynolds' face. Text on the image reads "I cropped my wife's shoes out in the photo I posted. It's inexcusable and I'm sorry to anyone I've hurt with this callous lack of fortitude. Heading to the hospital to have my brain weighed." and "@essexsteamtrain"@vancityreynolds/Instagram

The thing most people were hung up on wasn't Lively and Reynolds' antics, though.

It was what was in Reynolds' caption on the photo.

"We met Jessica Claus and her husband on the Polar Express. She was everything I’d always dreamed since I was a kid. She smelled like cinnamon buns and sangria. 🎄"

Mrs. Claus' given name being Jessica really stunned a lot of people.

Comment from user jessicamalatyrivera "I was today years old when I learned that Mrs. Claus is a JESSICA [rolling on the floor laughing emoji]"jessicamalatyrivera/Instagram


Comment from user isabellegdavis "Respectfully, who the frick is Jessica Claus..."isabellegdavis/Instagram

Comment from user marcellineshaula "@jessicamalatryrivera exactly [crying laughing emoji] I always thought she was always a Sharon??"marcellineshaula/Instagram

Comment from user sharonspinsharonspinkact/Instagram

Comment from user cottontail 17 "@jesfi81 I told my boys it was Mommy Clause. [laughing crying emoji]"cottontail17/Instagram

Some were already in the know, though.

Comment from user jessiemalino "On behalf of Jessica's everywhere. Thank you for knowing Mrs Claus' real name."jessiemalino/Instagram

Comment from user thenortonnuthouse5 "@jessicamalatyrivera I've always know this and people think I made it up!! (My name is Jessica too!) [heart-eyed emoji["thenortonnuthouse5/Instagram

Comment from user steph_trudell "@jessicamalatyrivera it's from Santa Claus is coming to town. She was like the kids' teacher."steph_trudell/Instagram

There were quite a few people who got hung up on a completely different sidetrack—the appearance of good ol' Saint Nick's chest in the photo.

Comment from user nichole_run_lift_hike "Did anyone else think that Santa was bare chested??"nichole_run_lift_hike/Instagram

Comment from user ceeahobbs "Thought Santa was operating shirtless here for a hot second... anyone else?"ceeahobbs/Instagram

Comment from user bkgsdlia_olllllllo "@ceeahobbs you and me both!!! I was like damn Santa has a hairy damn chest!"bkgsdlia_olllllllo/Instagram

Comment from user thors_10 "Good lord for a second there I thought Santa got a furry chest. [shocked emoji]"thors_10/Instagram

A few commenters had it exactly right though, the name Jessica for Mrs. Claus is from the Rankin/Bass television Christmas special Santa Claus is Coming to Town from 1970.

Put One Foot in Front of the Other - Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Lyrics) [4K HD]youtu.be

The film, narrated by postman Special Delivery (S.D.) Kluger—voiced by Fred Astaire—tells the story of a little orphaned boy who was raised by the Kringle family of toymakers and goes on to face no small amount of hardship and eventually becomes Santa Claus who is voiced by Mickey Rooney. Along the way he meets a school teacher named Jessica and the pair eventually marry—making her Mrs. Claus.

For anyone who hasn't seen the film, it's definitely worth a watch if you like slightly corny feel-good holiday movies.

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