christmas adverts

Maggie I have to admit the Tesco ad made me feel emotional. I think it reminds me of Boxing Day when I was little and the whole family would squash into our little house. We had a sofa with little screw in legs that would invariably collapse from all the extra weight but we had a good time.

Last night was the first time I have seen the Coca-Cola Advert so now I know Christmas is on the way.

@Glammana - "Coca Cola... he is in my mind the real Father Xmas as I imagined him when I was a child."

Not surprising, really. The character we visualise today is firmly based on an illustration for Coca Cola - between the wars think. The red and white costume is pure Coca Cola styling - St Nick used to be portrayed dressed in green!

I have seen the ASDA advert a couple of times. It never occurred to me that it was THE ASDA CHRISTMAS ADVERT. I just thought it was one of a series of standard ads they run this time of year. I do not think I even clocked that it was Christmassy. It just seemed to be an advert with little blue aliens advertising electronic gadgets. It wasn't very attention grabbing and alien adverts bore me (as do gadget adverts).

I must confess I didn't really watch it properly,

Isn't that the Argos one, Flickety?

Must admit I'm underwhelmed by this year's Christmas tv ads. I loved the snowman-themed John Lewis one last year, but this year's seems overly sentimental to me. The rest of them just all blend into each other - unexceptional.

Just shows how closely I wasn't watching!!

I've just heard it cost 7 million to make the John Lewis xmas advert!!

I know all tv ads are expensive but I didn't realise quite how much they cost!

On the plus side it obviously provided work for lots of people. Even so, can it be right to spend this sort of money on a tv advert? Especially when some people are having such a struggle?

I'm guessing similar amounts have been spent by the other big companies, I'm not trying to single out John Lewis.

feetle thanks for that information I do seem to remember somewhere in the old grey matter seeing a picture of Father Xmas in a green long coat trimmed with white fur a sort of british racing green colour am I right or am I imagining things.?

Apparently the Coca-Cola lorry is visiting 52 of the nations hotspots [supposed to be the happiest ]
I love the Cola adverts , just wish they were longer , so I watch them on Youtube sometimes.
The polar bear film is sweet !

"Glam" I have seen that also . Did hear that it was Coca-Cola who started the "RED COAT" for him .
What a sweetie he is !

G3 My chorister grandson auditioned for the the snowman Christmas ad when it was to be recorded several years ago, but was just beaten by a fellow-choirboy who looked just like the boy in the cartoon - odd since the singer is not seen at all, but there you go.

I seem to remember that the pay for it was £60, but my memory may be playing tricks. I hope the singer is also getting royalties whenever it is shown, but the chances are that the £60 was a one-off.

I don't know how much the JL advert cost, but I am sure that the powers that be have calculated that it is worthwhile. All partners (including Waitrose) share the company's profits.

I watched the last episode of Poirot last night - my views on that can be seen on another thread, but it meant that I was subjected to umpteen ad breaks and wall to wall Christmas ads. All of them were obviously meant to be big production numbers

The effects were exactly the opposite to what they intended. I really couldn't tell one from the other. They all start with what I call ta da music and strong tune played or sung and then in a confusion of Christmas colour and decorations and milling people different products whizzed through the advert. The overall impression was of cacophony and colour in which indistinguishable products from unidentifiable retailers were run by very quickly. It really would have taken intense concentration to actually register who was doing the advertising and what they were advertising - and that is not something you do in ad breaks.

A retailer making a non-Christmas advert, which ran slowly and calmly and concentrated on one or two products in each ad would really catch peoples attention between the confusion of all the others and their sales would soar.

In the welter of frantic selling activity, the Hamlet ad would be a haven of tranquillity.

I think I block out a lot of these adverts. I might remember the content but not always which company has sponsored it. Which rather defeats the advertisers object.
Not a Christmas one I know but my favourite Ads are the Specsavers ones which are genuinely funny.

We are on holiday at the moment so avoiding all the pre Christmas hype. However my daughter sent me a link to the Sainsbury's one and I have to admit it made me cry. It may be because DD, DS, d in l and DGD ( who I haven't met yet) are all coming from Australia for Christmas!!! Yippee! Feeling so emotional.

Hespian who wouldn't be tearful when an advert puts its finger on just what is happening to you. What a marvellous Christmas you have ahead of you.

I've just found out that the John Lewis advert supports Age UK charity and a percentage of all takings in the 6 weeks run up to Christmas will go to Age UK, which I think is great, as I do voluntary work for them and they are a great organisation. Must say though, it wasn't very obvious from watching the ad. Did anyone else pick this up?

Anyone seen the new Aldi advert featuring the JL man in the moon? It made me laugh, good on 'em! And he won't be alone for Christmas!

It doesn't take long for a thread to become dormant, does it?

Love the Aldi ad., very witty play on the miserable John Lewis one.

The one I really wince at is the House of Fraser one...Its very brash and dark in tone. Almost anti Christmas - all about self obsessed consumerism, leaves quite a nasty impression.

I agree, Hilda. I wondered whether they were trying to appeal to a younger generation.

I saw it for the first time last night shysal I thought it was brilliant. Very clever and very funny.

I hate the House of Fraser one too HildaW Just horrible.

Perhaps shysal.....which is a shame as many young people are happy to embrace all things traditional about Christmas....by that I do not necessarily mean the 'olde worlde' Dickensian vision ....... but they are happy to 'do' family and a bit of generosity and tolerance.
The TK Max one manages to be both modern and also about giving and sharing, even with people you are not that keen on......(am no great fan of TK Max) but its decent advert with a sweet message.

I have to get this off my chest....I HATE THE CO-OP ad. It makes me want to put my foot through the television. ...phew that feels better.