And there it is....

patrickc · 03-10-2007 10:47PM

my girlfriend worked in coke for the summer, and anytime you'd ring her the coke jingles were mostly old ones and ones i'd never heard.. they were all good.

i hate the xmas bud ads

North&South · 03-10-2007 10:49PM

mcR wrote:

That must ruin the whole christmas feeling for you, I would hate to have a clock reminding you that far ahead of christmas

No.... what it means for me is that every year when hubby brings the christmas decs up from the cellar, he always says.... 'where did all these new ones come from?'... hahaha, answers on a postcard.......!

Christmas is going to feel a bit strange this year, because we're moving over in 2 weeks - and I have no idea about Irish christmas traditions! Some serious googling is called for soon, I think!

patrickc · 03-10-2007 10:51PM

North&South wrote:

No.... what it means for me is that every year when hubby brings the christmas decs up from the cellar, he always says.... 'where did all these new ones come from?'... hahaha, answers on a postcard.......!

Christmas is going to feel a bit strange this year, because we're moving over in 2 weeks - and I have no idea about Irish christmas traditions! Some serious googling is called for soon, I think!

much the same traditions id imagine.. except maybe different dinners.. turkey and ham the main xmas dinner here

AlmightyCushion · 03-10-2007 10:52PM

North&South wrote:

No.... what it means for me is that every year when hubby brings the christmas decs up from the cellar, he always says.... 'where did all these new ones come from?'... hahaha, answers on a postcard.......!

Christmas is going to feel a bit strange this year, because we're moving over in 2 weeks - and I have no idea about Irish christmas traditions! Some serious googling is called for soon, I think!

I doubt it differs much from England.

Fooz · 03-10-2007 10:52PM

Well we do have St. Stephen's Day instead of Boxing Day!

mcR · 03-10-2007 10:54PM

Yes , yes i think the old coke ad was much better than the crap they have now, it was basicly the same when I was growing up and now the new one suck

I love the really old bud ad, with the horses in the snow.... is that bud? I can't remember

I don't think theirs any irish traditions in my house, all we have is we always have a big glass of cream soda and put ice cream in it and let it fizz and drink/eat!

AlmightyCushion · 03-10-2007 10:55PM

mcR wrote:

I love the really old bud ad, with the horses in the snow.... is that bud? I can't remember

Yep that's the bud one.

North&South · 03-10-2007 10:56PM

ok - so you get up early in the morning, open pressies, spend ages cooking food & eating it.... the kitchen looks like a bomb site while you play silly games with the family & get drunk??

Cool, same as here then

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patrickc · 03-10-2007 10:58PM

North&South wrote:

ok - so you get up early in the morning, open pressies, spend ages cooking food & eating it.... the kitchen looks like a bomb site while you play silly games with the family & get drunk??

Cool, same as here then )

totally

mcR · 03-10-2007 11:00PM

yep that's how we do it, well I don't get up early anymore. The christmas morning buzz is gone with my childhood but the ad's help bring it back but for oct it's way to early, I saw people setting up the decorations in dunnes and I was shocked

Irish Wolf · 03-10-2007 11:04PM

Heehee.. the best (worst) Christmas jingle's gotta be...

Penny's - Got a whole lot of things for Christmas - Got a lot for the fammmmmillllyyyyyyy...

Lalala-la-la.. lalala-lalalala..

My work here is done...

mcR · 03-10-2007 11:10PM

I haven't heard that in years! that used to annoy me along with dunnes's cool for school ad's

The boots ad's were good, i can't remember them but my head says they were good

03-10-2007 11:31PM

mcR wrote:

I love the really old bud ad, with the horses in the snow.... is that bud? I can't remember

yeah
budweiser: made from fresh horses

EdgarAllenPoo · 03-10-2007 11:43PM

Irish Wolf wrote:

Heehee.. the best (worst) Christmas jingle's gotta be...

Penny's - Got a whole lot of things for Christmas - Got a lot for the fammmmmillllyyyyyyy...

Lalala-la-la.. lalala-lalalala..

You need shootin for reminding me of that ad:D

Not strictly tv related but if I don't have my christmas shopping done before I hear Fairy Tale of New York on the radio for the first time (I hate that song with a passion) then I don't bother my hole, shops are always too crowded.

August and September are the best time to do it.

Am I alone in despising the An Poist Chistmas ad, I've hated that every since I was a kid. The guy who sang it must be in his 40's by now. It makes my skin crawl.

piskins72 · 03-10-2007 11:46PM

yeah he was on the telly some time ago, cant remember on what tho!

bronte · 03-10-2007 11:56PM

RUU wrote:

Oh I know!

/me tosses Fairytale of New York single with 'Happy Holidays, bluewolf' label attached in bin.
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Aww bless!:(

Genghiz Cohen · 04-10-2007 12:02AM

Happy easter everyone!!!!

mcR · 04-10-2007 12:31AM

Yeah I hated that on post ad, such a annoying song. I hate that "another blooming chirstmas" santa song, can't remember if it was just a ad or a song

Now that were talking about these ad's I can't wait to see them!

Ruu_Old · 04-10-2007 01:29AM

Irish Wolf wrote:

Heehee.. the best (worst) Christmas jingle's gotta be...

Penny's - Got a whole lot of things for Christmas - Got a lot for the fammmmmillllyyyyyyy...

Lalala-la-la.. lalala-lalalala..

My work here is done...

I'll see your Pennys ad and raise you..

Holidays are comin'..Holidays are comin'..Holidays are comin'..or the one from An Post with the flying snowman.

ericl · 04-10-2007 05:36AM

Ruu wrote:

the one from An Post with the flying snowman.

We're walking in the air
We're floating in the moonlit sky
The people far below are sleeping as we fly.

Drepressing song when youve no funds at crimbo.

mcR · 04-10-2007 10:15AM

That's it, christmas is canceled!!

xzanti · 04-10-2007 10:24AM

I fcuking hate Xmas

thalia_13 · 04-10-2007 10:55AM

I heard that Last Christmas song in Tescos back in the first week of August.... and have heard more xmas songs there since, well before halloween decorations were brought in too. Its mad, in the garden centre near my house, they have xmas trees and Hallowwen stuff side by side since 2 weeks ago! Why cant Xmas advertising only begin in late Nov! Its the same with Easter as soon as St Stephens day is done we will have creme eggs back in the shops and the build up for another money spinning holiday begins again!

Wacker · 04-10-2007 11:13AM

mcR wrote:

And I got the smiths toy catalogue last week
"it's getting earlier every year" as my mother would say

NO IT ISN'T!!!!!!!!!!

This is a major pet peeve of mine; not people moaning about the decorations going up too early (which I believe they are), but people saying that it gets earlier every year. Seriously, it doesn’t.

Think about this: when did you first hear people complaining about this? For me, I remember it happening at least fifteen years ago. Now, if it really were getting earlier every year, wouldn’t we be seeing the decorations for Christmas 2009 or so by now?

To repeat myself one last time: I would be a lot happier about the whole thing if they would only have Christmas ads and decorations in the month of December. But they do not get earlier every year.

Tar.Aldarion · 04-10-2007 11:17AM

Holidays are coming, Holidays are coming, Holidays are coming, Holidays are coming...

bman · 04-10-2007 11:29AM

ericl wrote:

We're walking in the air
We're floating in the moonlit sky
The people far below are sleeping as we fly.

Drepressing song when youve no funds at crimbo.

I like this ad (and its not that I have loads of funds at Christmas either!). Sort of haunting.

kevmy · 04-10-2007 11:55AM

I've always said that Halloween serves one purpose and one purpose only (once your over the age of 11 anyway) and that is as a barrier to all things Christmas before the 1st of Nov.

Now I love Christmas and all things Christmas related but if you start too early your going to be all Christamssed out by the 25th.

Leave it till after Halloween then I'll get involved; shopping, decorations, trees, ads etc.

!_Brian_! · 04-10-2007 02:12PM

saw my first santa in the window of dunnes last year on the 14th of september, some joke

watna · 04-10-2007 02:14PM

I'm going skiing for christmas with my parents, brother and boyfriend. We don't have christmas dinner and we don't really give presents either. We just spend it on the apres-ski. It's the best way to do it. We did it last year too so I feel like Christmas doesn't fully apply to me now. It's great!! Bring on the ads.. i don't care!

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 04-10-2007 02:16PM

Christmas ad's make me want to smoke crack :'(

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