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Boards.ie Favourite Christmas Advert - The FINAL

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,660 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Love both, but the Guinness advert is my favourite of all time, so that wins, every time.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,660 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Another landslide...
    Shame as I adore that McDonalds advert, was easily the best of the 2020 crop.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    DvB wrote: »
    Another landslide...
    Shame as I adore that McDonalds advert, was easily the best of the 2020 crop.

    Sad to see it go however was never going to stand a chance against the GOAT of Christmas ads!


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 26,710 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    I know it makes no difference but my vote is also for Guinness. Boy these semi-finals are going to be tough.

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 28,033 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Last match of the day. :D

    Budwiser - Horse Sleigh



    John Lewis - 2013 The Bear and the Hare



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Budweiser please.

    Can you set up a tab please? :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,660 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Noooooooo....
    I love both of these....

    Have watched both back and will go with the Bear & the hare purely because the bud one ends with wishing you & yours the best of the holiday season and I hate that american reference to christmas as the holiday season.

    Whichever wins though I have no issue with as I like both.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,280 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Budweiser :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 779 ✭✭✭ChannelNo5


    The bear and the Hare please. Some of the Bud ads are real tear jerkers (The dog one) but JL always seem to knock it out of the park.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭Indestructable


    That's a very tough one for me. I'm going with Budweiser


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,536 ✭✭✭Aisling(",)


    Budweiser.
    I sing the little hums as do do do's .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭afro man


    Budweiser add for Me


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 26,710 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Budweiser for me too....

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,660 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Interesting that in our previous ultimate christmas advert poll Guinness & Bud tied for first place and both are still here, whilst An Post & Cornflakes who finished joint third in that poll have already been knocked out.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,889 ✭✭✭snowgal


    Budweiser for me too....ah ah ah aaah ah ah ah ah ahhh


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,660 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    So are we leaving the semi finals & final until tomorrow?

    Penneys v Coca Cola
    Guinness v Budweiser

    Thats a very strong line up indeed... 4 strong classics there.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 28,033 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Should be interesting!

    Yep 2 semi finals and final tomorrow. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,889 ✭✭✭snowgal


    ugh, Im in a meeting most of the day.....Will hopefully get to vote. Holidays are comin for the win!! :) Its not christmas in ours, officially, until that ad comes on!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Off today as youngest’s birthday so if you could please throw up some roughy times please for semis and final so can try to get online.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 28,033 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Might aim for about 10, 12 and 3?

    Depends on how the voting is going of course! :)


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 28,033 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    It's nearly time! :D

    Some facts about our fab 4 in the competition.
    We have the top 4 seeded adverts playing today, so you might think the last 4 is no surprise!

    Our No. 1 seed Penneys trounced Air New Zealand, Quality Street 2009, took out John Lewis 'The long wait' before knocking out Denneys.

    Guinness, the No. 2 seed, saw off competition from TK Maxx's lil Goat, the Coca Cola 2006 advert, BBC One's Supporting Act and McDonald's 2020 offering- Inner Child.

    Budweiser, our No. 3 seed, has seen some of the closest contests, it knocked out Kevin the Carrot- Top Gun early on, whitewashed McDonalds 'Christmas Eve' and caused devastation by knocking the Heathrow bears, then the iconic Bear and the Hare out of the competition.

    CocaCola, our No. 4 seed whitewashed Doc Morris' 2020's Christmas advert, and Tesco 2013 and caused heartache before knocking out Lidl's adorable grandad :( an An Post's Let them Know.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 28,033 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Semi Final 1. :D
    Let's see if first to 7 gets us anywhere fast.

    Penneys - Got a Whole Lot of Things for Christmas




    Coca-Cola - Holidays are coming



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 738 ✭✭✭PaulT21


    :D:D Coca Cola obviously :D:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 705 ✭✭✭CarrieAnne


    Coca-Cola - Holidays are coming


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,273 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Penneys - give me Christmas over "Holidays" any day


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 779 ✭✭✭ChannelNo5


    I know I'm on a loser here but Pennys


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,467 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    I'm going to go Coca Cola (though have voted for Penneys in earlier rounds so conflicted!)

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,660 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    All points to Penneys beating Guinness in the final.... but anything can happen in a knockout competition :eek::)
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 738 ✭✭✭PaulT21


    DvB wrote: »
    All points to Penneys beating Guinness in the final.... but anything can happen in a knockout competition :eek::)

    :mad:That would be a travesty :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭Baybay


    Coke is it!


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