Anyone seen the sainsbury's christmas advert yet

[NotAllThere]

bah, humbug.

Anyway. Apparently the John Lewis ad is reducing grown men to tears. I can't see it myself. I mean, it's obvious it's not a real penguin - at least to anyone smarter than a concussed bee (or minestrone).

[BrilloPad]

Sainsbury’s Christmas ad is a dangerous and disrespectful masterpiece

[OwlHoot]

I'm not sure exactly what its advertising....

It looks like more WW1 sentimentality, which seems to get worse with every passing year

although in fairness this Christmas is the 100th anniversary of the 1914 Allies v Boche Christmas truce, to which it looks like the ad relates (can't play it at clientco though to check)

[SueEllen]

Anyway. Apparently the John Lewis ad is reducing grown men to tears. I can't see it myself. I mean, it's obvious it's not a real penguin - at least to anyone smarter than a concussed bee (or minestrone).

It's cute.

Doesn't make me more or less likely to shop at John Lewis though.

[d000hg]

It's a bit of a long advert.

[Sysman]

The chocolate bar that features in the advert will be on sale for £1 with all profits going to charity

Can't complain with that.

Have you tasted 100 year old chocolate?

[zoco]

The fact that it doesn't feature the gurning face of Myleene Klass makes it OK by me.

[ctdctd]

I have a friend (yes, really!) who is an extra in this.

However, the advert does not rest easily with me. I think the commercialisation of 800,000 youngsters deaths might be something to do with it.

[d000hg]

I have a friend (yes, really!) who is an extra in this.

However, the advert does not rest easily with me. I think the commercialisation of 800,000 youngsters deaths might be something to do with it.

So you're not a fan of BlackAdder, Dads' Army or Allo Allo either then, which were all created for commercial reasons and continue to create income to this day?

Also why are you only worried about youngsters' deaths?

[minestrone]

So you're not a fan of BlackAdder, Dads' Army or Allo Allo either then, which were all created for commercial reasons and continue to create income to this day?

Also why are you only worried about youngsters' deaths?

These TV shows were works of fiction created with fictional characters. This advert depicts a real event with actors depicting real people who later went on to die and who have surviving relatives.

I can see why someone who reads the bible too much cannot understand the difference,