{"id":33444,"date":"2019-11-20T15:11:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=33444"},"modified":"2019-11-20T15:11:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:11:23","slug":"tis-the-season-for-christmas-adverts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/tis-the-season-for-christmas-adverts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tis&#8217; the season for Christmas Adverts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Love it or hate it, the Christmas season is swiftly approaching. So, get your hot chocolate out, a few after-eights, put your feet up because it\u2019s time for the Christmas adverts.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, companies challenge each other to who can create the best Christmas advert of the year. So far, there\u2019s been some impressive competitors, John Lewis, Aldi, Sainsbury\u2019s and more releasing their adverts ready to catch some attention. But, what do the general public of Twitter think?<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Lewis and Waitrose<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d be lying if I said I didnt shed a little tear during the 2019 John Lewis Christmas advert featuring Edgar the Excitable dragon. Just me?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">when John Lewis release yet another Disappointing Christmas advert that\u2019s nowhere near as good as their Penguin or Man on the Moon ones from years back <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VcTLs7RjUI\">pic.twitter.com\/VcTLs7RjUI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Northy (@RADIOHEA_D) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RADIOHEA_D\/status\/1194322093548158977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/brookeduncannnn\/status\/1195384759683354625<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sainsburys<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year Sainsburys have recieved mix reactions for their Christmas Advert. The message behind is to do something good at Christmas time. But what did Twitter users think?<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/xHEATHERCONWAYx\/status\/1196417405683208192<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aldi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dancing vegetables? Say no more. The puns are fantastic but can&#8217;t help but think that those talking brussel sprouts are a little bit creepy. Oh, and did I mention Robbie Williams is involved.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jaynex4MacD\/status\/1194687545289977857<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ahoykaspbrak\/status\/1196185231759466498<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tesco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Time travelling Tesco van delivering the food to Winston Churchill. Tesco create a back to the future style advert leaving you to say, &#8216;<em>What the Dickens?<\/em>&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ekrt98\/status\/1196183061437784065<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nice to see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tesco?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tesco<\/a> xmas advert featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10DowningStreet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@10DowningStreet<\/a>, you able to deliver a new prime minister for xmas please? Our country needs you.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Smith #BLM #TLM (@Taxiboi3583) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Taxiboi3583\/status\/1196881865849876480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What would Christmas be without a healthy competition of Christmas adverts?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will anyone beat the Sainsbury\u2019s Christmas advert of 2018 with the boy dressed as a plug jumping into the socket \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\udd0c<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daisy Alves (@Daisymoo_7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Daisymoo_7\/status\/1197071480925888512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Words by: Ivana Finch | Photo credit: Unsplash<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love it or hate it, the Christmas season is swiftly approaching. 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