Holiday and Seasonal Commercials

[merylinkid]

I just saw them today.   November 10.    Waaaaay too early.

[Haleth]

the Hersheys Kisses bellringing ad. Still cute after all these years (first aired in 1989)

 

That's what I said to start the conversation, a little up the page.

Edited November 11, 2015 by Haleth

[Phebemarie]

Damn you, Glade holiday-themed commercial for making my mother cry tonight!  The sweet WWII-era couple celebrating with Glade products through their years together was a low blow on Veterans' Day!  

[GaT]

Damn you, Glade holiday-themed commercial for making my mother cry tonight!  The sweet WWII-era couple celebrating with Glade products through their years together was a low blow on Veterans' Day!  

I just came here to post about this, what a nice commercial. I like watching the family grow through the years, & I like that they have diversity in the family.

[Phebemarie]

I should clarify.  It is a sweet commercial, but my dad passed away three years ago this November, and that commercial hit Mom hard tonight.  

[Rick Kitchen]

The woman's hair at the beginning is bizarre, though.

[spaceytraci1208]

I used to enjoy the Old Navy winter/Christmas commercials. This one is my favorite

[dcalley]

"Win the holidays" at Best Buy. It's not a competition! Where's the outrage over this, Starbucks cups people?

[CarpeDiem54]

The British know how to do a proper Christmas advert.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/11991433/Watch-Sainsburys-Christmas-advert-revives-Mog-the-cat.html

[riley702]

Nice!

[sofaslug]

It won't be Christmas until the Hershey's kisses jingle out We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

Saw it a couple of nights ago and thought of this thread. I clearly need a life.

[Ilovemylabs]

I just came here to post about this, what a nice commercial. I like watching the family grow through the years, & I like that they have diversity in the family.

I hadn't seen this commercial, but I love it.  Sweet, sweet, sweet!

[Prevailing Wind]

Oh, that Mog ad made my eyes leak!

[Dirtybubble]

The woman's hair at the beginning is bizarre, though.

 

IKR?!  It looks like she's got wings on the sides of her head.  Surely they could have hired someone to do her hair in a proper 40s/50s style.  But yeah sweet commercial that I'm afraid I will hate by Dec. 25th because I'd seen it 437 times.

 

"Win the holidays" at Best Buy. It's not a competition! Where's the outrage over this, Starbucks cups people?

I just posted this over on the Commercials We Hate thread!  As if you are going to lose or be a loser on Christmas morning if you don't buy the cool gifts at Best Buy--I hate commercialism =(

[callmebetty]

I know it's supposed to be a feel good ad,and it is but I've become so jaded. It's the one where the girl is decorating her apartment and she looks out her window and sees the old leaving his house and she decides to string up some lights at his house. He's very smiley when he comes home. But all I can think of is he's not going to be so smiley when he gets his electric bill and can't pay it cause he's on a fixed income.

[Bort]

I know it's supposed to be a feel good ad,and it is but I've become so jaded. It's the one where the girl is decorating her apartment and she looks out her window and sees the old leaving his house and she decides to string up some lights at his house. He's very smiley when he comes home. But all I can think of is he's not going to be so smiley when he gets his electric bill and can't pay it cause he's on a fixed income.

I haven't seen the ad but how many lights are we talking about here? Clark Griswold/Christmas Vacation level? Or just a few strands? Because if it's the latter, his electric bill won't go up THAT much. And he always has the option to turn it off.

[callmebetty]

It's just a strand. And it is a nice ad, I guess my cynical side just thought yeah it's a nice gesture but it's using his electricity.

[BooksRule]

I love most of the Lowe's commercials ('How to put up a fence while riding a motorcycle', 'How to install a washing machine with one finger', etc.), but I had never seen the Christmas version, even though (according to this link) it came out last year:

 

'How to make a snowman while eating a turkey leg':  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auA0Cu840ik

[Haleth]

Alright. It is now Christmas. I just saw a Jane Seymore butt necklace commercial. Happy holidays, you all!

[ABay]

Right you are! It's not a holiday without the Seymour Butts necklace.

Edited November 15, 2015 by ABay

[Stella MD]

Goddamn it, Shutterfly. I can't stomach another year of the hipsters and the poor homely time-deaf girl warbling about mailing themselves every 5 minutes. It's you or me - this holiday ain't big enough for the two of us.

[Calamity Jane]

I saw cranberry flavored Sprite at the grocery store today.  Blew my mind.

My daughter waited all year for this to appear.  I had never even heard of it until last year, not sure if she had or if that was the first time.

[Rick Kitchen]

I saw cranberry sprite at the supermarket Thursday.

 

OK, I'm grumpy that it's too early to be doing Christmas ads, but this made me laugh:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMH4xmOeKxc

[legaleagle53]

I saw cranberry sprite at the supermarket Thursday.

 

OK, I'm grumpy that it's too early to be doing Christmas ads, but this made me laugh:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMH4xmOeKxc

 

Yeah, and you just know those cats aren't going to forgive or forget anytime soon.  I can see the look on every one of their faces:  "Human, I am going to GET you for this if it's the last thing I do!"

[CarpeDiem54]

Yeah, and you just know those cats aren't going to forgive or forget anytime soon.  I can see the look on every one of their faces:  "Human, I am going to GET you for this if it's the last thing I do!"

I'm thinking they're going to give their humans a nice present of barf in a shoe.

[Dirtybubble]

Alright. It is now Christmas. I just saw a Jane Seymore butt necklace commercial. Happy holidays, you all!

lmao! Omg you mean the open heart collection? I never saw it til you posted this now I'm gonna see it ever time.

I usually enjoy the Toys R Us commercials at the holidays but I'm already sick of seeing the toys talking to each other about their savings.......Awwwwwsome (blarf)

[legaleagle53]

I'm thinking they're going to give their humans a nice present of barf in a shoe.

 

Or worse -- they'll "forget" to use the litterbox.

[BooksRule]

I feel deprived because I haven't had a dose of Seymore Butts this holiday season yet. (But I was assaulted with the 'Big Lots' one this morning.)

[BradandJanet]

I saw a new Glad candle Peace on Earth commercial. Is the singer still Kevin Ross? I can't tell.

 

Saw my first Big Lots ad of the season. It's so early, but the singers don't bother me any more than anyone else enticing me to buy something nobody needs or wants.

[GenieinTX]

I usually enjoy the Toys R Us commercials at the holidays but I'm already sick of seeing the toys talking to each other about their savings.......Awwwwwsome (blarf)

 

Most of the toys talking to each other ones are meh but the one with Optimus Prime cracks me up every time.  Are you telling me there is more than one of me?  Awwww!

[Maharincess]

Most of the toys talking to each other ones are meh but the one with Optimus Prime cracks me up every time. Are you telling me there is more than one of me? Awwww!

I like that one.

I'm so sick of the Big Lots commercials already. I'm dreading the day after Thanksgiving because I know the black Friday commercial will be replaced by something equally annoying. And it will get played 100 times a day.

[CarpeDiem54]

Squeee! I finally saw the Hershey's Kisses Jingle Bells.

[bad things are bad]

As if you are going to lose or be a loser on Christmas morning if you don't buy the cool gifts at Best Buy

 

Just like Christ intended. Those Starbucks cup people would have a lot more credibility if they went after commercialism. Full Charlie Brown!

[LoneHaranguer]

 

It's just a strand. And it is a nice ad, I guess my cynical side just thought yeah it's a nice gesture but it's using his electricity.

If the old guy uses as little electricity as my grandmother did, it won't cost anything for the strand. Power companies often have minimum monthly service fees; until you bring your usage above that number, a few extra watts won't make a difference.

[InDueTime]

Squeee! I finally saw the Hershey's Kisses Jingle Bells.

I recently saw them a little after midnight.  For me, that officially means the holidays are on their way.

Edited November 17, 2015 by InDueTime

[OSM Mom]

Squeee! I finally saw the Hershey's Kisses Jingle Bells.

I saw it this morning! A little early, but since I love that commercial so much, I'm willing to overlook it.

[mojoween]

I got very irritated at the Walmart ad with the girl who gets the app so she can make a list for her boyfriend, like why not just buy the gifts yourself then? But then my husband said he likes that ad, because as a guy, he wants to be told what someone would like and not have to guess.

And so I said Barnes & Nobles and iTunes gift cards are nice, heh.

[Rick Kitchen]

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett for Barnes & Noble

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k04K8mND5GU

[Katmai]

Yesterday I was so happy to see one of the silliest commercials that always brings a smirk to my face: Mr. Sketch Scented Markers, because blueberries can fart!

[Moose135]

I was just coming to post about that, Katmai.  Because I'm, you know, 12 years old, I have to laugh every time I see it.

[Aquarius]

One of my favorite forum misheard commercials of all time is back.

 

"You didn't have to hose us like you did, but you did . . . " 

 

 

Let the holidays begin, good folks of the PVT forum!

[Calamity Jane]

Oh, holy crap - "Black Friday Woman"????  Santana, what have you done to allow this? 

[janie jones]

Don't blame poor Carlos Santana, blame whoever in Fleetwood Mac owns the rights to that song.

[Calamity Jane]

Happy to hear that, I guess.  That song takes me straight back to college days and many precious memories.  Jarring to hear it modified for Big Lots, of all things.

[CarpeDiem54]

Yesterday I was so happy to see one of the silliest commercials that always brings a smirk to my face: Mr. Sketch Scented Markers, because blueberries can fart!

I love the farting blueberry! I saw that about 2 dozen times yesterday. Never gets old.

[Maizie131]

Alright. It is now Christmas. I just saw a Jane Seymore butt necklace commercial. Happy holidays, you all!

Haleth - Oh My God this is too funny for words!  Absolute perfect description!  Thanks for the laugh-out-loud first thing in the morning!

[Haleth]

I can't claim credit.  It's a hold over from the TwoP days, a holiday staple.

[Milburn Stone]

I'm torn between loving all the holiday commercials that show diverse extended families, and cynically raising an eyebrow at how all advertisers are clearly now in a race to prove themselves the most progressive in all the land.

[DeLurker]

Since the companies are still getting incensed feedback about the diversity, I'll still give them credit and fight the cynical eyebrow raising.

[Rick Kitchen]

Ugh, I wish Honey Baked Ham would come up with a new commercial.  How many years have we heard, "Tastes better than the ham your mama cooked."?