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For most of this decade, the interest around Christmas ads has centred on John Lewis and whether any of its retail rivals can match it. 2018 looked like it was going to be more of the same. Then came Rang-Tan. ...

If you’re a keen tweeter named John Lewis you may be enveloped in the tweet storm that follows each John Lewis Christmas ad. Even if you live in Blacksburg, Virginia. This John Lewis enters the department store tweet fray so ...

Been a bit short of Santas and reindeers this Christmas (and we still miss Marks & Spencer’s Mrs Claus) but McDonald’s and Leo Burnett ride to the rescue with “reindeer treats” (no, not a reindeer burger), a welcome break from ...

Waitrose & Partners/John Lewis & Partners are giving it both barrels this Christmas – or is it one big barrel? Following the summer ad announcing the relaunch of both and individual efforts this Christmas – JL featuring Elton john of ...

It ‘s that time again when the John Lewis Christmas TV spot is revealed although not the best kept secret given the leaked intel that Elton John is involved. Involved, more like high-jacked the production. It is an ad for ...

Upscale British fashion house Burberry appears on the way back after a rocky couple of years – burning pricey unsold garments for a start – so we expect something spectacular at Christmas. It’s certainly throwing a lot of celebs at ...

The John Lewis Christmas ad is arguably the biggest moment of adland’s festive season. so we thought we’d look at it from two viewpoints. Emma Hall writes: If you have a sense of déjà vu with this year’s John Lewis ...

You may have noticed that Christmas and the festive season is a touch commercial these days so the purveyors of paying mechanisms are joining in too. Here’s PayPal from France’s Buzzman with a big international campaign featuring “Uncle Awesome.” While ...

The&Partnership’s Matt Deacon and Ben Fallows (below), the team behind Argos’ ‘Christmas Fool’ campaign, are keeping an eye on the Christmas ads for us. Here’s their first pick, Iceland’s ‘Rang-tan.’ It was a really smart decision not replacing ‘Rang-tan’ when ...