Our Favourite Christmas Ads 2016

One of the most magical and most anticipated things surrounding Christmas is the big stores TV ads.

This year most of them seem to fall a little short for me but there still a few gems this year

Here are our favourites;

6. Barbour~The Snowman & The Snowdog

This is one of Oisìn's favourites and while he hasn't actually seen
The Snowman or The Snowdog yet he is totally in love with this sweet ad
This is an updated version of Raymond Brigg's classic all it is missing is the
Walking in The Air theme to go with it.
It has made me realize that Oisìn is ready to watch The Snowman
Now I can't wait to snuggle up and watch it with him

5. John Lewis~Buster The Dog

This sweet offering from Christmas ad maestro John Lewis is about Buster and his love of jumping!
Looking at all the wildlife animals jumping around on a trampoline can't help but bring a smile to your face. Yet I think it's missing something and for me its not as good as previous years.

4. Waitrose~Coming Home

I personally like Waitrose offering more than it's sister company this year
Waitrose Christmas ad is a very cute story of a little Robin
and the little girl waiting on it to come home
It is filmed like a David Attenborough documentary with a sweet tear jerkier ending

3. Aldi~Kevin The Carrot

This is Oisìn's favourite ad this year he loves Kevin the carrot!
This is a tongue in cheek version of The Night Before Christmas.
It sees Kevin get through a maze of food until he ends up on Santa's sleigh
It's an original funny sweet ad and one of our all time favourites 

2. Marks & Spencer~Mrs Claus

This is one of the best offerings from any store this year
Directed by Tom Hooper this ad has Mrs Claus in the staring role when a young boy Jake
who is not often very nice to his older sister asks for Mrs Claus help to replace a pair of his sister's shoes. Mrs Claus is a very stylish woman with lots of high tech at her disposal, the ad itself is filmed beautifully. I like it because I can relate to being that older sister who has a little brother who drove her crazy growing up but had a heart of gold!

1. Salisbury's~The Greatest Gift

Once again Salisbury's has won in our house last year Mog The Cat captured our hearts
This year it's hard working Dad Dave who's time is escaping him, work is busy, commuting is a nightmare, he has lots of Christmas shopping to do and all he wants to really do is spend time with his family.
He makes toy versions of himself so that he can be with the ones he loves at Christmas time. The song is sung by James Corden who does a great job at narrating the struggling Dave.
Myself and Oisìn watched it first together when Oisìn snuggled into me and said that's my Daddy it brought tears to my eyes. For Oisìn I think the fact that Dave wears glasses like his Daddy's reading glasses, that made him think of his Dad. For me it was the fact the Paul like Dave works hard every day to give us the things we want and need, like Dave he struggles with busy work and commuting to and from it. Like Dave he would much rather be at home with us and for us the best present we get at Christmas time is his company and love.

What is your favourite  Christmas ad this year?