Tag Archives: christmas ads

Summer 2018 is shaping up pretty well thanks to the sunshine and the World Cup, but by Christmas the harsh realities of the pre-Brexit UK economy look set to bring us all back down to earth. John Lewis will scale ...

The wonders of digital out of home never cease to amaze – read somewhere that a Japanese company is planning to put billboards (or whatever they’re called now) on the moon by 2020 – and already Marriott Hotels is printing ...

We Are Social has been analysing Twitter users’ response to UK Christmas ads and found that, while John Lewis’ Moz the Monster is top for responses, Debenhams’ effort from JWT (below) captured tweeters’ hearts (supposing they have such a thing). ...

Ice cream maker Kelly’s of Cornwall has been running a campaign by agency Isobel – in Cornish. Here’s one of its Christmas offerings. A diverting deployment of 17 seconds. Produced in-house at the agency. MAA creative scale: 7.

Anomaly, ever anomalous, imagines Satan taking over from Santa – the result of a “glaringly obvious typo” – in its Christmas film, voiced by Patrick Stewart. Nice touches. Wonder what other Christmas vids we have in store*. Will Publicis boss ...

Christmas ads have become a unique standalone genre in the UK. John Lewis has arguably reached a culturally hallowed status with its festive concoctions, usually only reserved for Royals and members of the national football team. Brands are masters of ...

So which one is the official Coca-Cola Christmas ad? Maybe it’s this one from Pereira & O’Dell with someone dressed as an elf, a girl and Santa. And the assistance of Uber (or another ride-sharing operator), social media and all ...

Where the Coca-Cola truck was once the marker of Christmas, John Lewis now seems to own the mantle as the official opener of the festive season. That isn’t new news to those in the industry, who are all too aware ...

The BBC is getting in on the Christmas act with an in-house film directed by Elliot Dear through Blinkink. Weird and (maybe) wonderful it is too, with a swipe at a too-busy parent thinking filming their offspring at a Christmas ...