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Christmas Adverts 2016

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  • #2
    Jude13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13


    2012: The Journey is my favourite as it fit in with a change in my life. The penguin one is a tear jerker. Didn't like last years one.


  • #3
    Skyfarm
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭Skyfarm


    last years john lewis add..


  • #4
    big syke
    Registered Users Posts: 906 ✭✭✭big syke


    Spent all last year looking for this one. Couldn't remember what it was for but anytime I heard the song on the radio it reminded me of the ad!!!

    That laugh 😂

    http://www.speers.ie/directors/lennyabrahamson/christmas


  • #5
    Jude13
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    big syke wrote: »
    Spent all last year looking for this one. Couldn't remember what it was for but anytime I heard the song on the radio it reminded me of the ad!!!

    That laugh 😂

    http://www.speers.ie/directors/lennyabrahamson/christmas

    Okay, Im calling it and its your fault syke (with a special mention for TOTO on the other thread with the M&S food), goose pimples and home sick and dying for Santy


  • #6
    Loughc
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    Okay, Im calling it and its your fault syke (with a special mention for TOTO on the other thread with the M&S food), goose pimples and home sick and dying for Santy

    You have to hand it to the advertisers they certainly know how to evoke those sentimental emotions.

    The countdown is on and it won't be long Jude until you're boarding the plane for the flight home. :)


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  • #7
    kitten_k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,184 ✭✭✭kitten_k


    Rumours are that the John Lewis ad is out on Friday

    http://www.98fm.com/Everything-You-Need-To-Know-About-This-Years-John-Lewis-Christmas-Ad-


  • #8
    French_Girl
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    kitten_k wrote:
    Rumours are that the John Lewis ad is out on Friday


    I'm excited for this!!!


  • #9
    Loughc
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    kitten_k wrote: »
    Rumours are that the John Lewis ad is out on Friday

    http://www.98fm.com/Everything-You-Need-To-Know-About-This-Years-John-Lewis-Christmas-Ad-

    Should be noted it's premiering next Friday and not tomorrow.

    Can't wait tho!! Great find with the article kitten_k.

    I'm living the idea of a David Bowie song. Fitting giving the year it is.


  • #10
    razorblunt
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    Strangely YouTube suggested the Barry's Tea radio advert last night, so obviously I watched it, I then searched for the John Lewis Penguin one, that's a beauty. No more YT vids for me though, waiting for the excitement of seeing the Coca Cola ad on tv for the first time.


  • #11
    Westeros
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 278 ✭✭Westeros


    Just had a look at a Lidl Christmas advert while partaking in a survey.
    Assuming it's this year's one. Personally I wouldn't be a fan - very modernised.


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  • #12
    Hufflepuff
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    Littlewoods christmas ad was just on tv 😀


  • #13
    Toto Wolfcastle
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    Hufflepuff wrote: »
    Littlewoods christmas ad was just on tv 😀

    Wow, they're quick off the mark after Halloween! Can't wait to see it.


  • #14
    Loughc
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    Well, according to Campaign, this year's John Lewis advert is expected to launch on Thursday, November 10 - a bit of a break from recent tradition, where it has debuted on the first Friday of the month.


  • #15
    A_smurf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭A_smurf


    Maybe it's to give Aldi in the U.K. less of a chance of copying their ad like they usually do! :D I'm sure it'll be worth the wait!


  • #16
    Shadow1983
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    Just saw my first Christmas advert, it was for Tesco and it was lovely! Feeling all warm and fuzzy!!


  • #17
    Loughc
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    Shadow1983 wrote: »
    Just saw my first Christmas advert, it was for Tesco and it was lovely! Feeling all warm and fuzzy!!

    If anyone can find a YouTube link for it that would be great!!


  • #18
    Shadow1983
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    Loughc wrote:
    If anyone can find a YouTube link for it that would be great!!


    Can't link but search Tesco "Here's to the hosts" and it should come up for you.


  • #19
    Loughc
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    Thank you shadow1983 (great year by the way ;) )

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtQDmb3s5V4


    It's cute but it certainly is missing more festivities, music and more decorations would be perfect.


  • #20
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Such a lovely sentiment.


  • #21
    WittyNameForMe
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    Harrods Christmas advert 2016

    (who knew Harrods even had ad's, still its Christmas :D )



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  • #22
    WittyNameForMe
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    Burberrys (supposedly) Christmas advert 2016. Beautifully shot cinematic ad, but Christmas? Sorry no it’s just not saying Christmas to me.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/burberry-christmas-advert-sienna-miller-domhnall-gleeson-dominic-west-a7391646.html


  • #23
    screamer
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    Tescos add is not christmassy at all......


  • #24
    donegal_man
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    A_smurf wrote: »
    Maybe it's to give Aldi in the U.K. less of a chance of copying their ad like they usually do! :D I'm sure it'll be worth the wait!

    Hated John Lewis ad last year, loved the Aldi version of it


  • #25
    French_Girl
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    Just watched Tesco's ad for the first time.

    It could definitely be more Christmassy. I almost feel like this is just some kind of a pre-ad that is all about the hosting only and there is more to come?

    Hmmm, definitely looking forward to John Lewis Christmas ad now...


  • #26
    DvB
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    Normally it takes seeing this one for me to get into the christmas build up vibe, but have been told its to be replaced this year with a new one... such a shame as i've loved it since first seeing it in 2005. Still, there'll always be youtube...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7uehHRr7hU
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #27
    French_Girl
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    DvB wrote:
    Normally it takes seeing this one for me to get into the christmas build up vibe, but have been told its to be replaced this year with a new one... such a shame as i've loved it since first seeing it in 2005. Still, there'll always be youtube...


    That made me cry!

    Oh God, am sitting here getting all emotional.
    Christmas is in the air!


  • #28
    WittyNameForMe
    Registered Users Posts: 232 ✭✭WittyNameForMe


    Toys R Us 2016


  • #29
    WittyNameForMe
    Registered Users Posts: 232 ✭✭WittyNameForMe


    screamer wrote: »
    Tescos add is not christmassy at all......

    I thought the same not Christmassy enough at all. I agree with French_Girl it definitively feels like a pre-ad, with a more festive offering to come hopefully. It doesnt have a patch on this one....


    This one is spot on and screams Christmas for me :)


  • #30
    WittyNameForMe
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    The hype that surrounds the John Lewis Christmas ad really has taken on a life of its own, marketing at its most effective . :D

    http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/advertising/news/a812208/john-lewis-christmas-advert-2016-song-release-date-and-everything-you-need-to-know/


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  • #31
    Loughc
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    WittyNameForMe wrote: »
    I thought the same not Christmassy enough at all. I agree with French_Girl it definitively feels like a pre-ad, with a more festive offering to come hopefully

    If there were any footage of them celebrating Christmas together while the person was reading their letters it would be more magical. It's too sterile otherwise. Almost like a documentary.

    This ad was Tesco perfection.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_4AOpcBwZ4


  • #32
    Posy
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    When I started watching the ad, it was so maudlin that it felt like her mother had passed away. :o
    And she's a vegetarian but she eats some of the ham every year? Not really much of a vegetarian then!


  • #33
    r93kaey5p2izun
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    I don't like the Tesco ad either. The sentiment is lovely but it's dull and cringey.


  • #34
    WittyNameForMe
    Registered Users Posts: 232 ✭✭WittyNameForMe


    I like this one. Very .co . uk Christmas 2016



  • #35
    miamee
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    WittyNameForMe wrote: »
    Burberrys (supposedly) Christmas advert 2016. Beautifully shot cinematic ad, but Christmas? Sorry no it’s just not saying Christmas to me.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/burberry-christmas-advert-sienna-miller-domhnall-gleeson-dominic-west-a7391646.html

    This one is more like the trailer for a film...and it's a film I'd want to watch :D But agreed it's not very Christmassy. Tesco 2013 almost had me crying there.


  • #36
    leahyl
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    WittyNameForMe wrote: »
    I like this one. Very .co . uk Christmas 2016


    That's lovely!!!


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  • #37
    Westeros
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    This ad has been mistaken for the 2016 John Lewis advert all day today.
    Turns out it's an A Level Student's project based on John Lewis' Christmas marketing campaign.
    Impressive all the same :D



    You can read the article here https://www.fm104.ie/the-buzz/hold-on-has-the-john-lewis-christmas-ad-already/


  • #38
    Westeros
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 278 ✭✭Westeros


    Just spotted the An Post Christmas advert on TV this evening.
    They seem to be going with the same ad as last year.



  • #39
    Toto Wolfcastle
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    Just saw the TK Maxx ad. It's bizarre and I love it. :D


  • #40
    Toto Wolfcastle
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    I saw the Littlewoods ad earlier and went looking for it on YouTube. Couldn't find the one I saw (it must have been the Irish one maybe) but I found this one. I love it. :D The Christmas walk is not something we've ever done but I love the idea of it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXUWta3i9_A


  • #41
    WittyNameForMe
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    Argos Christmas advert 2016



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  • #42
    Loughc
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    That's another miss for me. Really disappointed in the ad line ups so far this year.


  • #43
    Loughc
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    Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »
    I saw the Littlewoods ad earlier and went looking for it on YouTube. Couldn't find the one I saw (it must have been the Irish one maybe) but I found this one. I love it. :D The Christmas walk is not something we've ever done but I love the idea of it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXUWta3i9_A

    That's a great ad and there are certainly a few families from where I'm from guilty of doing the Christmas walk.


  • #44
    Hufflepuff
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭Hufflepuff


    Tha argos ad is rubbish , why are most of the christmas ads not really christmassey anymore ?


  • #45
    WittyNameForMe
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    Agree re The Argos ads, really brutal selection for far this year all round.:mad:


  • #46
    donegal_man
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    Best ad I've seen this year so far

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZQz6jz2lZQ


  • #47
    Jude13
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    I think we have in part been spoiled by how good the previous years offerings were and the weariness of advertisers to avoid offending people, who love being offended, by diluting down or ignoring Christmas/Santa/Religious* connotation. Getting more like 'happy holidays' which is a shame.

    *I am in now way religous.


  • #48
    Loughc
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    I think we have in part been spoiled by how good the previous years offerings were and the weariness of advertisers to avoid offending people, who love being offended, by diluting down or ignoring Christmas/Santa/Religious* connotation. Getting more like 'happy holidays' which is a shame.

    *I am in now way religous.

    You've hit the nail on the head there. That's exactly what's happening!! Such a shame the old ads added so much to the magic of Christmas.


  • #49
    French_Girl
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    WittyNameForMe wrote:
    Argos Christmas advert 2016


    Lol, Harry and the Hendersons?


  • #50
    Loughc
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    French_Girl wrote: »
    Lol, Harry and the Hendersons?

    A cheap colorful knock off of him as well. Such a frustrating ad. Their 2014 ad was way better and that wasn't Christmassy at all.


  • #51
    kitten_k
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    Everyone meet Kevin:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwh00WnE7EI


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