Asdas christmas ad

I'd like one that said "Happy Christmas. In lieu of a huge advertising campaign, we have donated the money to... wherever..."
I think the trussel trust would be appropriate this year.

Personally, I would prefer the big companies to cut down on the extravagant advertising costs and keep prices that bit lower for the benefit of the consumer.
I am not tempted to shop at the supermarket with the glitziest Christmas TV commercial, nor am I tempted to buy a perfume advertised by girls dancing in a meadow or one riding a horse up a flight of steps.

I set myself a challenge to avoid things I don't want to see on TV.

I think I managed to miss all the christmas ads last year, and I can proudly say I don't know how many children Kate and William, and the other two have.

Celebrations are in my bad books. No Bounty!

I love the Asda one with Elf, but I think the Celebrations one will soon become very annoying 😂 Whoop Whoop!! 🤦‍♀️

Witzend can we have the recipe please.

Witzend My DDiL, who used to never eat Christmas pudding, eats my home made ones, and comes back for more.

Oh well back to Asda or similar I go!

When you hide Advent calendars out of sight of the grandkids and away from the dogs, then along comes a hungry mouse!! I reckon I could make a good Christmas advert out of that. 🐁

Ziplok

I’ve just seen the Asda advert and like it - it’s quite funny, and at least it doesn’t show tables groaning with far more food than average family would eat for Xmas day lunch.

Yes, this. Pushing overpriced treats and gifts would be more cringeworthy than ever this year.

I like it, it’s cleverly done, and a bit of fun.

Daisy, Daisy, Daisy, on the other hand… 😱

Joseanne

volver

Why is the elf one "tacky"?

We're you asking me that question, volver?
I am under no illusions it is meant to be what it is - all the toot, tinsel, baubles, chocolates etc. but it has little meaning, no clear message, just a bit of fun. Personally I prefer those with less chit-chat, more heart strings stuff, and ones that deliver on luxury items!

It was just a general question Joseanne, I think it was you who called it tacky?

I think its clever. Technically.

"Daisy daisy daisy"!

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Baby baby baby

Kalu

Much prefer to hear primary school pupils sing carols but I am done for whenever I hear, O Holy Night!😭

Every time! Silent Night too.

volver

Why is the elf one "tacky"?

We're you asking me that question, volver?
I am under no illusions it is meant to be what it is - all the toot, tinsel, baubles, chocolates etc. but it has little meaning, no clear message, just a bit of fun. Personally I prefer those with less chit-chat, more heart strings stuff, and ones that deliver on luxury items!

Much prefer to hear primary school pupils sing carols but I am done for whenever I hear, O Holy Night!😭

The ads are annoying enough but worse, for me, is the Christmas music on a loop in shops. 😫

I think that’s the Sainsbury's ad Witzend

I like the Coca Cola one. It must be decades old. With the convoy of lorries.

I simply never watch any tv ads. I usually watch TV programmes on Catch Up and BBC1 programmes I enjoy such as Strictly, I start watching late and then I can fast forward through the annoying chatty bits. In these times when Food Banks seem to be feeding so many people it is rather insensitive to show tables groaning under the amount of dishes shown. By mistake I opened an M&S one in an e-mail which had a Fairy and a Rabbit with one eye. I did watch it and from what I can gather M&S are selling Christmas Food this year, who knew?

I can’t remember which one it is, but the ‘princess’ or whoever she’s supposed to be - says she doesn’t like Christmas pudding!
Sacrilege!

Though if she’s only ever had shop ones - so dark, dense and heavy - I can understand it. My homemade version, OTOH, from an old GH recipe, might well have changed her mind. People who think they don’t like Christmas pud have often had seconds. 🎄

Apologies to our Australian grans, I thought I’d show one of your Christmas ads.
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Why is the elf one "tacky"?

Oh I dont mind the Asda one at all.

Ziplok

I’ve just seen the Asda advert and like it - it’s quite funny, and at least it doesn’t show tables groaning with far more food than average family would eat for Xmas day lunch.

But it does show indulgence and excess in its own way. The Elf was stuffing his face with pigs in blankets!

When our children were small we had a Christmas when DH was in daily expectation of being made redundant, so Christmas was done on a budget. I was in a charity shop when someone walked im with a tatty coach built pram. I immediately bought it and got an extra discount for the speedy sale, DH renovated it and MiL and I made bedding and knitted a pram suit for DD's favourite doll. I got a partially used chemistry set for DS, again DH made a box laboratory out of offcuts and we bought a second hand 'household chemistry book' using household chemicals like baking powder.

Both children used to describe it as their best Christmas ever.

Things are not quite as tight this year, but we have all agreed, to spend less and there is a lot of making and doing going on in the various family households plus raiding of Charity shops.

I don’t Whiff. Dad always took us for a walk in the wood a few weeks before Christmas and then he would disappear for a while on Christmas Eve! 🤣