Festa - The John Lewis Christmas Advert

It’s awful.

Just weird!

MissieandOllie

Love the Amazon Christmas advert! The three ‘older’ ladies sledging. Made me laugh!

I agree.

GrammarGrandma

Haven't seen it but am sick of the Aldi one. Old women on toboggans so obviously doctored.

The one I've seen with the elderly woman on sleds was an Amazon advert and I loved it.

Hate it, and this is the first John Lewis Christmas advert that I haven't loved.

Haven't seen it but am sick of the Aldi one. Old women on toboggans so obviously doctored.

maytime2

Talking of Christmas adverts. What do you think of the Amazon advert, where 3 older ladies relive their childhood by sledging down a hill.
Personally I think this was made with the US/Canadian market in mind. Considering the billions of pounds profit they make in this country couldn't they have given us something a little more appropriate to the U.K.
I live in South West Wales, we very rarely see any frost, let alone snow. Rain of course by the bucketfuls.

Ditto! Also from SW Wales!

Absolutely love it , so different and fun

Shinamae

The best John Lewis ever was the boxer on the trampoline….🥹

I second this! ☺️

Love the Amazon Christmas advert! The three ‘older’ ladies sledging. Made me laugh!

NotSpaghetti

I've just been away to look at a few adverts and confess the M&S food one with the mittens drove me mad. The mittens (Left and Right) seem to be named opposite to the actual mitten they really are.
At first they are correct I think, but then the next scene they are wrong.

Whatever they want to sell me I'm not sure as the naming if the mittens is a huge problem for me

Has anyone else seen this one?

I haven’t seen it but from your description I think there’s possibly a gender positive message in there.

The Lidl Christmas ad that had me in tears when the raccoon takes the toy back to the child

Like it,
The advert - called Snapper, The Perfect Tree - follows a young boy as he lovingly nurtures a seed bought at a local market, thinking he is growing a Christmas tree.

But the outcome is more Little Shop Of Horrors than evergreen fir.

The fast-growing plant is soon snapping at the dog and gobbling decorations - until his antics go too far and he is dragged out into the cold.

A traditional tree goes up in Snapper's place as he watches through the window from the frosty garden.

I don’t like the JL advert. The plant is carnivorous; I always feel sorry for the insects caught in it. It is implausible as it could not survive in the cold.

I finally saw the Amazon ad yesterday. Didn’t think it was anything special.

I think the advert is awful, along with all the other Christmas ads I’ve seen so far.

I don't seem to remember many of these.
Where was I?

We have YouTube app on our TV * HelterSkelter*

I'd like to see them on the tv screen. i am sure they would delight youngsters especially who may not have seen them. The Boxer one was 2016 the same year as my favourite MS one Mrs Claus. Seeing them on my tablet screen is not quite as good.

Didn’t do it for me but I love the M&S one! She does do good with the paper hats!

HelterSkelter1

If only they would shown the old ones again. Maybe they would have to pay royalties...but hey what a treat for us all

They are all on YouTube

youtu.be/JHX0btJYcyI?feature=shared

This is just lovely. Not a real Christmas advert but better than many

I’m not fussed on either the JL or Amazon adverts, this is my favourite so far this year. From Barbour.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyhKNxZm5W8

Visgir1

Well they achieved their objective people are talking about it.

People have been talking about the Christmas adverts for years. I remember being very exited when Woolworths appeared with Leslie Crowther and other famous people of the time.

Amazon has taken the crown from John Lewis. They have been producing some beauties. The lockdown one with the beautiful ballerina . The Show Must Go On.

I just watched, it...meh. Cute kid, but the ad doesn't give you the warm holiday glow.

I also saw the Amazon one, and it definitely did! Very touching.