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The Ultimate Christmas Advert Playlist

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  • #62
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Thanks DvB for compiling. Some obvious and some surprises. IMO, though the Dunnes one would be higher.


  • #63
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,108 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    TRS30 wrote: »
    Thanks DvB for compiling. Some obvious and some surprises. IMO, though the Dunnes one would be higher.

    Agree.
    Amazed the Tesco & Apple ones werent higher too.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #64
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    corblimey wrote: »
    'Nuff said. Watch this one every year.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9pNWtxhwV0


    I was thinking about this advert today, so I just looked for it here and watched it again.
    Brilliant


  • #65
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    otnomart wrote: »
    I was thinking about this advert today, so I just looked for it here and watched it again.
    Brilliant

    Certainly is brilliant. Missed that one at Christmas. Thanks for the bump :)


  • #66
    PaulT21
    Registered Users Posts: 687 ✭✭✭PaulT21


    otnomart wrote: »
    I was thinking about this advert today, so I just looked for it here and watched it again.
    Brilliant

    Wheres the Kleenex?:o


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  • #67
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,714 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    PaulT21 wrote: »
    Wheres the Kleenex?:o

    In short demand at the moment :pac:


  • #68
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Loughc wrote: »
    In short demand at the moment :pac:

    Think you are suppose to cry into your elbow as well :)


  • #69
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,108 ✭✭✭✭DvB




    Some of the better known John lewis adverts being made into Lego.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #70
    PaulT21
    Registered Users Posts: 687 ✭✭✭PaulT21


    DvB wrote: »


    Some of the better known John lewis adverts being made into Lego.

    Some nice memories and skill shown there also. Cant say that I recall all the adds though:confused:


  • #71
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,108 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    PaulT21 wrote: »
    Some nice memories and skill shown there also. Cant say that I recall all the adds though:confused:

    Some of the stuff people can create from from scratch just using lego is amazing.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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  • #72
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,517 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    PaulT21 wrote: »
    Some nice memories and skill shown there also. Cant say that I recall all the adds though:confused:
    Oh, I do. :D
    Some of the glory years of John Lewis adverts!


  • #73
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,108 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Posy wrote: »
    Oh, I do. :D
    Some of the glory years of John Lewis adverts!

    Same here. Twas peak John Lewis era.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #74
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    This ad is from 2017 and it one of the funniest I have ever seen

    A Very Merry Mistake #MirryChristmus by Air New Zealand




  • #75
    Smell the glove
    Registered Users Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Smell the glove


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWF2JBb1bvM


    For me the one of the greatest Christmas adverts of all time.


  • #76
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    Smell the glove wrote: »

    For me the one of the greatest Christmas adverts of all time.


    I absolutely love it and it is one of my favourites Christmas adverts of all times, too !
    Such an amazing true story - which still resonates to many who (myself included) had ancestors in the trenches in WW1.

    Have you seen the movie Joyeux Noël, also based on the Christmas Truce ?
    It is brilliant, too.
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424205/


  • #77
    Smell the glove
    Registered Users Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Smell the glove


    otnomart wrote: »
    I absolutely love it and it is one of my favourites Christmas adverts of all times, too !
    Such an amazing true story - which still resonates to many who (myself included) had ancestors in the trenches in WW1.

    Have you seen the movie Joyeux Noël, also based on the Christmas Truce ?
    It is brilliant, too.
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424205/

    No but I actually went to the battlegrounds of ypres and surrounding areas and seen a memorial they have there for the Christmas truce. A fantastic trip.


  • #78
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    Smell the glove wrote: »
    No but I actually went to the battlegrounds of ypres and surrounding areas and seen a memorial they have there for the Christmas truce. A fantastic trip.


    Have visited Ypres and the sites in the Salient, too and was quite affected by them, expecially by seeing the clearing station in Essex Farm.

    It seems crazy now thinking about a war in Europe !


    Haven't been to the Christmas Truce memorial yet (hopefully someday !)


  • #79
    Smell the glove
    Registered Users Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Smell the glove


    otnomart wrote: »
    Have visited Ypres and the sites in the Salient, too and was quite affected by them, expecially by seeing the clearing station in Essex Farm.

    It seems crazy now thinking about a war in Europe !


    Haven't been to the Christmas Truce memorial yet (hopefully someday !)

    Yes , so needless that war. People properly just sent to their deaths. One thing for sure is Belgium really appreciates the sacrifice countries made for them.


  • #80
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    2018: Heathrow Bears




  • #81
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    2019: "Little Lies" by New Zealand Post




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  • #82
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    2019: a fit Santa by Intersport France




  • #83
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    2019: Hafod




  • #84
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    Love this Classic Playlist, just added my favourites from most recent years:

    2018: Heathrow Bears (my joint winner that year - together with Sainsbury's "Big Night" https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=111712023&postcount=20)

    2019: Hafod; fit Santa by Intersport France ( a very good match for M&S Mrs Claus !) and "Little Lies" by New Zealand Post


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