Holiday and Seasonal Commercials

[Jacqs]

Woolworths here in Australia. I posted their "kid who looks way too old to believe in Santa" counting out carrots for the reindeer advert. 

[peacheslatour]

1 hour ago, Brattinella said:

I haven't seen a Woolworths in 30 years. :(

Last time I saw one was in San Francisco in 1985.

[Brattinella]

The one on First St in San Jose was my go-to place.  They even had a full soda fountain/lunch counter.  I bought Blue Waltz perfume there!

[Madding crowd]

Christmas stuff here at Tuesday Mornings. I was looking at some Halloween stuff and the sales clerk said "better buy it today, we are moving out our Halloween stuff in a few days." Sigh

[Jacqs]

Christmas isn't the same when you are an adult.

[mmecorday]

This will be the first Christmas without Toys R Us ads on TV! Remember this one?

[Silver Raven]

On 9/25/2018 at 9:36 AM, mmecorday said:

This will be the first Christmas without Toys R Us ads on TV! Remember this one?

 

They just announced they aren't going out of business!  They're going to rebrand, as something like Geoffrey's Toys, or something like that.

[mmecorday]

There's hope yet! :)

[funky-rat]

RE: Toys R Us:  They actually did go out of business.  They exited Bankruptcy because going out of business enabled them to do that.  Someone is trying to "revive" the brand, but that likely means it's going to turn in to a "zombie" online-only company, ala Montgomery Ward or Circuit City (visit their sites if you don't know what I mean - it would take a long time to explain, other than to say that it's just a name-only thing, and the current company resembles nothing of their former selves).  I'd love to see a return to their brick and mortar stores, but I don't see it happening, sadly.  The best hope would be for them to either open up "store within a store" boutiques by partnering up with someone who doesn't do a ton of toys (ie: Macy's, or similar) or to co-brand with a store's existing toy department (ie: Target).

[proserpina65]

5 hours ago, funky-rat said:

RE: Toys R Us:  They actually did go out of business.  They exited Bankruptcy because going out of business enabled them to do that.  Someone is trying to "revive" the brand, but that likely means it's going to turn in to a "zombie" online-only company, ala Montgomery Ward or Circuit City (visit their sites if you don't know what I mean - it would take a long time to explain, other than to say that it's just a name-only thing, and the current company resembles nothing of their former selves).  I'd love to see a return to their brick and mortar stores, but I don't see it happening, sadly.  The best hope would be for them to either open up "store within a store" boutiques by partnering up with someone who doesn't do a ton of toys (ie: Macy's, or similar) or to co-brand with a store's existing toy department (ie: Target).

I had no idea Montgomery Wards still existed, even in website form!  I have fond memories of poring over the Monkey Ward Christmas catalog every year.  Apparently I'd spend the day after Christmas going back through it and listing everything I'd marked and didn't get, at least according to my mother.

[funky-rat]

5 minutes ago, proserpina65 said:

I had no idea Montgomery Wards still existed, even in website form!  I have fond memories of poring over the Monkey Ward Christmas catalog every year.  Apparently I'd spend the day after Christmas going back through it and listing everything I'd marked and didn't get, at least according to my mother.

It exists in name only, for the most part.  It's essentially a knock-off of Fingerhut now.

[peacheslatour]

1 hour ago, proserpina65 said:

I had no idea Montgomery Wards still existed, even in website form!  I have fond memories of poring over the Monkey Ward Christmas catalog every year.  Apparently I'd spend the day after Christmas going back through it and listing everything I'd marked and didn't get, at least according to my mother.

We loved getting the Sears Christmas catalog. Pages and pages of toys.

[Browncoat]

The Wishbook!  I spent hours and hours with that catalog back in the day.

[Tom Holmberg]

2 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

We loved getting the Sears Christmas catalog. Pages and pages of toys.

It's one of the things I feel sorry that kids today miss out on.  Waiting for the Sears Wish Book to arrive, then pouring over it endlessly, trying to decide what I wanted for Christmas (then not getting any of it :) ).

[Jacqs]

I got a short wave radio for one Xmas when i was a kid. Try explaining to modern children how exciting Short Wave was in the days before internet streaming :)

[Tom Holmberg]

19 hours ago, JacquelineAppleton said:

I got a short wave radio for one Xmas when i was a kid.

I got a crystal radio set you had to build and that only seemed to pick up Polish language broadcasts.  Try explaining that!

[Jacqs]

Radio Moscow with their strange Russian-American accents was an experience in the eighties.

[InDueTime]

On 9/23/2018 at 7:55 AM, cynicat said:

I can't help but chuckle at this Halloween Kit Kat commercial.  "I'm sorry for what I did to your face".

 

This ad got a chuckle out of me. I also like the "Kat lady" one from a while back.

 

Maybe it's me, but it seems like there were fewer Halloween ads this year than before. Meanwhile, I've seen Christmas themed ads all the way back in August. 

[Silver Raven]

I just saw a J'adore ad.  Does that count as a Christmas ad?

[chessiegal]

If we’re seeing lots of perfume ads I’d say some holiday is coming up. I was in BB&B yesterday and noted they are stocking up on stupid things I guess you give when you don’t want to put some thought into a gift.

[Haleth]

Yes, perfume and jewelry ads count as Christmas commercials.

There's a commercial for green bean casserole with Christmas music that has been playing for a couple weeks.  Before Halloween.  Kill me now.

[BigBingerBro]

I've been seeing Balsam Hill Christmas tree commercials for about 2 weeks now...  I seem to recall they were also playing after Christmas last year.  

[peacheslatour]

4 hours ago, BigBingerBro said:

I've been seeing Balsam Hill Christmas tree commercials for about 2 weeks now...  I seem to recall they were also playing after Christmas last year.  

I've been seeing them since fucking JULY.

[Maximoose]

Saw a bunch of new ones starting last night, (Thankfully?) We might not notice too many until the slapfight midterm ads disappear in a week or two

[Browncoat]

I'd rather have the holiday commercials than all these bloody political ads.

[Prevailing Wind]

never mind.

[Haleth]

15 hours ago, Browncoat said:

I'd rather have the holiday commercials than all these bloody political ads.

Hear!  Hear!

[Jacqs]

question: why do so many Christmas ads use little girls rather than little boys? Is it just the whole "dresses and perfume and flowers" image?

[docmatt]

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question: why do so many Christmas ads use little girls rather than little boys? Is it just the whole "dresses and perfume and flowers" image?

Moms make most household spending decisions. Moms were little girls and identify with them. Same reason commercial husbands are too dumb to live. 

[mmecorday]

I saw a commercial this morning for a spin brush which suggested that leaving Santa a tooth brush was better than putting out cookies for him. I can imagine poor disappointed Santa collecting an electric toothbrush instead of the sweets he's accustomed to. "Ho, ho, ho. Billy's going on the naughty list now."

[Jacqs]

In the words of Bart Simpson: "There's only one fat guy that brings us presents, and his name ain't Santa!"

[Popples]

I saw the commercial when a guy through different ages of his life runs to the window to see if he got a Benz for Christmas yesterday. I don't really understand why he looks when he's like 8; even if there was one, he wouldn't be able to drive it.

[chessiegal]

7 minutes ago, Popples said:

I don't really understand why he looks when he's like 8; even if there was one, he wouldn't be able to drive it.

I do. I started lusting after a certain brand of car many years before I could drive. Even if he couldn't drive it, Mom or Dad could and he could ride in it.

[Brattinella]

8 minutes ago, chessiegal said:

I do. I started lusting after a certain brand of car many years before I could drive. Even if he couldn't drive it, Mom or Dad could and he could ride in it.

Me, too.  It was a Jaguar XKE.

[Popples]

16 minutes ago, Brattinella said:

Me, too.  It was a Jaguar XKE.

That is a gorgeous car.

[Tom Holmberg]

On ‎11‎/‎1‎/‎2018 at 7:28 AM, Haleth said:

There's a commercial for green bean casserole with Christmas music that has been playing for a couple weeks.

You can be comforted (or not) by the fact that the inventor of green bean salad just died. Yes, somebody working for Campbell soup had to invent green bean salad, and then live with the shame for over 60 years! 

http://www.grubstreet.com/2018/10/dorcas-reilly-inventor-of-green-bean-casserole-dies-at-92.html

[peacheslatour]

13 hours ago, Brattinella said:

Me, too.  It was a Jaguar XKE.

My dad had one. I tried driving it once but I'm so short I had to practically lie down to reach the clutch. And then I couldn't see over the hood. ;-(

Edited November 6, 2018 by peacheslatour

[tanyak]

Oh, Christmas commercials.

It seems like there are a lot of retreads this year. I do like the one for a car company (don't know which one), where the girl is in Arizona (?) trying to decorate a cactus or something. In the middle of the night, her parents whisk her away and she wakes up in a snowy area. The one eye-rolly thing is they show her running into the cabin. It's snowing hard as heck, but the three perfectly parked SUVS (whatever brand) don't have a flake of snow on them. lol

I hope GMC has retired that tired campaign of the obnoxious people making fun of their neighbors for buying gifts and decorations while they bought themselves a new SUV. Those make me so stabby.

[LoneHaranguer]

16 hours ago, Brattinella said:

Me, too.  It was a Jaguar XKE.

But this ad is for Mercedes, which a kid back then would have considered a boring car for really old people. It's only relatively recently that the company has been trying to expand their customer base.

[QuinnInND]

6 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

My dad had one. I tried driving it once but I'm so short I had to practically lie down to reach the clutch. And then I couldn't see over the hood. ;-(

Are you related to me?  Being short sucks. ? I had the same problem with a Ferrari and a Lamborghini. Of course, my husband's Silverado is a pain to drive too. 

Just now, QuinnInND said:

Are you related to me?  Being short sucks. ? I had the same problem with a Ferrari and a Lamborghini. Of course, my husband's Silverado is a pain to drive too. And green bean casserole is icky. YMMV. 

[Maximoose]

Speaking of retreads, any bets on when the Hershey Kisses one will show back up again? It was showing its age pretty badly last year from what I recall

[Brattinella]

The Hershey Kisses bells?  I love that one!

[peacheslatour]

10 minutes ago, Brattinella said:

The Hershey Kisses bells?  I love that one!

Remember when the Norelco commercial was the harbinger of the holiday season?

[mmecorday]

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Remember when the Norelco commercial was the harbinger of the holiday season?

And also this:

[peacheslatour]

1 minute ago, mmecorday said:

And also this:

 

Oh wow, I forgot about that one. Heck yeah!

[smittykins]

For me, it was all the Ronco ads with the tinkly version of "Deck The Halls" at the end. 

Edited November 7, 2018 by smittykins

[friendperidot]

damn! Walmart is using one of my all time favorite songs, Shout in their Christmas ad.

[callie lee 29]

On 11/5/2018 at 9:12 PM, Brattinella said:

Me, too.  It was a Jaguar XKE.

That is my dream car.

[Haleth]

On 11/7/2018 at 12:48 AM, Maximoose said:

Speaking of retreads, any bets on when the Hershey Kisses one will show back up again? It was showing its age pretty badly last year from what I recall

It's not Christmas until the Hershey Kisses chime.

[Sequoia]

I always get excited when I see the Hershey's kiss ad.  We have a DVR, and that one will probably not be fast-forwarded when I hear it, lol.