Christmas Adverts

Not daft at all Jamila - I wanted to be Hayley Mills!

I wanted to be Haley Mills too!!!

I can see why the might not think it Christmassy enough RAF but what a lovely film.

I loved the Waitrose one - I mean it's got a Border Collie and nothing is complete without a Border Collie! I agree with everybody about Home Fires. I hate it when they cancel something good and tell you they've done it to make room for something even better. The something even better never seems to materialise!

Blinko, Tan Hill is in Yorkshire. It's been snowed in over fifty times in living memory.
Had our first snow of the winter today, about 11.30. Fortunately it will be warmer tomorrow.

Hi *GGMK2" - Amazingly Hayley Mills was on tv last night in "Celebrity Antiques Road Trip". She came across as really sweet and entertaining.

Another one here who wanted to be Hayley Mills. There was a boy in our street who I was in love with All he ever talked about was Hayley Mills. A group of us all used to troop off to the pictures to watch her films.

Do any of you would- be Hayley Mills' remember the fuss when she had her first screen kiss in The Moonspinners? (Had to google the film as it was such a long time ago!)
Sorry this thread seems to have wandered away from Christmas Ads!!

No, I don't, I don't know why. The Parent Trap, Whistle Down the Wind and The Family Way spring to mind - I rather liked Hywel Bennett in that too.

Now I have the music from Whistle Down the Wind going round and round my head!

Debenhams Ad has made me smile.

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I didn't want to be Hayley Mills. I wanted to be Jane Asher.

I wanted to be Alexandra Bastedo. in my dreams

I really loved that Celebrity Antiques Road Trip programme with Hayley Mills; she's a delight. She packed in work when her son was young, didn't she. One of my favourite bands at the time was Kula Shaker...

OMG I really DISLIKED Jane Asher because she was Paul McCartney's girl friend and I wanted to be his girl friend! To be honest I still dislike her to this day

dj, I've been to Tan Hill, though it was in the Summer. Has it been snowed in 50 times, etc. over Christmas, I wonder? Given that the weather in the New Year is usually colder than that before Christmas. Just musing.

As for wanting to be somebody else, like Chewy that would be Alexandra Bastedo. Very glam at 17,unlike me

merlotgran I wanted to be Jane Asher too, when she was going out with Paul McCartney. However, my tastes have changed somewhat (or perhaps he has )

First of all I wanted to be one of the Famous Five, then a boarding school pupil at St Clare's or Mallory Towers as long as I could take my (non-existent) pony to school, then Francesca Annis, then Margaret Court and dazzle at Wimbledon.

I'm quite happy to be me these days.

She packed in work when her son was young, didn't she. One of my favourite bands at the time was Kula Shaker
She has two sons, the older one was in Kula Shaker, not sure what the younger one is doing now, I think he became a theatre director.

50 times since 2005, Blinko.
I remember them being in the news one New Year's Eve not so long ago, as the staff couldn't get there and they had loads of guests.

Cosy.

I hope they were given a refund, as they probably had to do the cooking and washing up until they were rescued.

The Heathrow Airport one! So timeless and universal.

Lillie I've just come across the Heathrow one and it's definitely my favourite!

Watch it here

Bah Humbug - I hate Christmas (and most other) adverts and never know what they are for. The one I would watch would be a written message saying,

'We're not doing an advert but donating the money we would have spent to the following charities....... List of charities ...' And pleeeease no background music!!

I would actually look at who had posted this advert and may even make an attempt to shop there!

OMG - Just watched the Heathrow Airport ad and I loved it! (Thank you for posting it WMKF)
However slightly concerned how an ad with animated teddy bears can bring a tear to my eye??

DanniRael it's the only one that brought a tear to my eyes too. Apparently there's more than one video with the teddy bears, so I'm off to watch them on YouTube!