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John Lewis ad : What's it about ?

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rocketstop Mon 18-Nov-24 19:31:02

Ok so , John Lewis Christmas ad is causing much discussion between me and OH, What is it about? Is the main character dead ? Is her sister dead ? Is no one dead ? Is she just mourning the spirit of Christmas past ? We are stuck !!!
(Apologies if this has been posted before)

buffyfly9 Thu 21-Nov-24 02:35:24

Thank god, I thought it was just me that couldn't understand the point of the John Lewis advert. When it had finished I asked my husband what he thought it meant? He said he had no idea and couldn't give a toss.
I dislike the Dawn French one too, her make up is awful and doesn't do her justice and the amount of food is gross. I totally agree with an an earlier post where it was suggested that the huge amounts of money spent making these pointless adverts could go to deserving charities. At least Kevin the Carrot was amusing!!

Skye17 Thu 21-Nov-24 07:27:31

MelAnt2

As the mother of two sisters who are very close, this advert is very heartwarming.
Sorry, Lovely Lady, but this season was hijacked from the pagans, so forgive us if we don’t agree with you about the lack of the Nativity.

It actually most probably wasn’t, though there is a lot of lazy journalism on the topic.

This is a blog post by an atheist historian.

historyforatheists.com/2020/12/pagan-christmas/

Ilovedogs22 Thu 21-Nov-24 12:16:14

I couldn't agree with you more Mt61. So many ex-military personnel seem to lose their way as they are not supported unless of of course they are the higher- upper military -type. 🤔

breadpudding Fri 22-Nov-24 10:06:30

I would rather watch any advert other than the ones for sanitary products.

Usedtobeblonde Fri 22-Nov-24 10:54:30

So very disappointed in JLewis one this year, as someone else said, manic., very unwatchable.

Misty007 Fri 22-Nov-24 15:03:40

Yes totally agree

Ilovedogs22 Fri 22-Nov-24 21:05:05

breadpudding

I would rather watch any advert other than the ones for sanitary products.

I personally would rather watch a whole hour of adverts for sanitary
towels and tampons & incontinent pads than watch 2 minites of that drippy, poncy, twitty John Lewis advert. What a load of baubles! 😙