American Couple Reacts to 1914 Sainsbury's Christmas Advert

[@billmayor8567]

The advert is even more touching when you realise that this is actually a true story.

[@kinagrill]

Sadly the aftermath of the event was not handled well by either side's governments. So it's quite amazing and thus important that we still have the truth of it written to history.

[@panzerwolf494]

@@kinagrill Not just the governments, but the citizens too. When people heard about it there was a large backlash from them that these guys were cowards.

[@martinconnors5195]

This historical event actually happened. Christmas 1914. That's what makes it powerful, because it is accurate and true. I still cry when i watch this advert

[@debbiegreen1552]

This happened Christmas day 1914 , the advert was made 100 years later , the ball is in the British museum along with photos and letters sent home telling the story

[@malhildreth8418]

Silent night is originally a German song. This advert never fails to bring a tear to my eye.

[@drewfinlay3618]

This is my Favourite ever Christmas Ad, it is one of only a couple to ever bring a tear to my eye

[@pambull2790]

Me too

[@adoculos4521]

I cry every time I see it.

[@happycatyoutube]

You need to react to more Christmas adverts from the UK . They're a really big deal here and it's almost like a competition between the companies of who can make the most impactful advert 😆

[@christinepreston8642]

That chocolate bar was the same as would have really been sent to the trenches and Sainsburys reproduced their original packaging for the 100 year anniversary. Definitely check out the John Lewis Christmad ads. John Lewis is a department store, like Bloomingdales, or a slightly more upmarket Macy's.

[@mnomadvfx]

I don't think John Lewis is long for this world personally based on the events of the past 2 decades, not unless it's finances are stupendously rock solid.

[@HA1LILPALAZZO]

the detail that Sainsburys went to with this advert is amazing and heart warming. At one point you saw a German soldier giving a British officer a shave, that is based on a true account where a British officer recognised one German soldier who used to run a barbers in London before the war and this German Soldier gave shaves and haircuts to soldiers on both sides for that day. Also the chocolate bar Sainsburys reproduced for that christmas but amazingly all the profits from the sales of that chocolate bar went to the Royal British Legion

[@mmcbey1401]

This has been rated as one of the top British Christmas adverts of all time.

[@psyclonetheseahawk9261]

"One" of the top? There's nothing that comes close.

[@MrThanefull]

As the other comments have said, the UK go big on Christmas adverts. It's definitely a competition over here during the Christmas period and is often highly anticipated by people every year, John Lewis tend to be the most popular christmas adverts and every year there seems to be a lot of publicity about theirs.

[@Fallopia5150]

My family always loved the Hamlet Christmas ads, especially the turkeys one!

[@Isleofskye]

Very True and you are right but it has become farcical now due to having to have Ethnic Minorities in every scene in every Advert. Now if you had a Black, Muslim, or Asiatic Family sitting for a meal then that makes perfect sense. No problem but you are having the ludicrous, totally false situation, where you have 12 members of an indigenous White British Family sitting down for their Christmas meal and in the middle of them sits a lone member of an ethnic minority looking bewildered and having no connection to his fellow Actors. Just looks like Tokenism and Fake.

[@Chris_GY1]

2014 was the hundredth anniversary of the start of The First World, I was staying in Ieper Belgium and was visiting a village called Vichte where myself and other members of our battlefield tour group joined the villagers in a service of remembrance at the local catholic church then paying respects to Belgians who died during WW1 wreaths were laid The Belgian National Anthem was played and The Flemish Hymn then we proceeded to The British Cemetery in the village for a remembrance service more wreaths were laid The British National Anthem was played followed by the hymn Abide With Me which closely associated with The Parachute Regiment. The advert is based on The Christmas Truce of 1914 where British, French and German troops met in no mans land. I was working for Sainsbury’s when this advert was made, from the sale of the bar of Belgian chocolate some of the proceeds going to The Royal British Legion, the bar of chocolate sold out in the store I worked at, the advert was made at trenches built for tv and film. The biscuit the British soldier is holding could break your teeth. I have visited the battlefields of The Great War, there is a cross that was placed on the edge of a field down the road from Prowse Point British Cemetery close to Ploegsteert (Plugstreet) Wood (there are three cemeteries in the Wood) by The Khaki Chums a reenactment group a number of years ago to remember The Christmas Truce. The Ploegsteert (Plugstreet) Experience is also in the wood and The Ploegsteert Memorial is the other side of the wood there are two cemetery extensions either side of the road one of them is on each side of the memorial. At Christmas 1914 British soldiers received a tin from Princess Mary which a variety of items. On 11th November 2016 I was presented with The National Soldiers Battalion Medal by The Mayor of Anzegem on my 10th visit to the village of Vichte I was the 5th member of our group to receive it.

[@geoffwheadon2897]

Well done sir, you have my utmost respect. Ex LI, DLI association, veterans charity committee, I'm atm laying flagstones to a memorial wall in our village Cenotaph and building a frame to hold the wreaths. Once again i salute you lads and lasses for your commitment, there'll always be pint on the bar for you. 68th of Foot, Durham Light Infantry, (The Faithful Durhams), Light Infantry, (Swift and Bold ), Sons of the Faithful.

[@teenybabs]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@littlemisshappy2002]

That must've been very moving. I'm planning to take my son to Ypres , the British cemetery and the Menin Gate (and everything else) I went as a teen and it's stuck with me forever.

[@Jay92925]

This advert always brings a tear to my eye every time I see it , the humanity on show during war between ‘enemies’. Christmas ads every year are a massive thing and a competition between retailers to get most popular one and John Lewis is usually the biggest - they have a countdown to its first release and everything, just for an advert!

[@bdnn3374]

John Lewis christmas adverts are worth a watch. 2018 one featuring Elton John . 2016 Buster the dog always makes me smile for the surprise at the end.

[@suejaneuk1681]

The hare and the bear is my favourite.

[@scottirvine121]

Agreed

[@JHarris533]

There is a brilliant movie called "Joyeux Noel" which is based around the not only the Christmas Truce; but incorporates some of the other tales of WW1 (officers spouses boarding in homes a few miles behind the trenches; local troops sneaking away to visit family members; soldiers all refusing to follow orders when they intentionally miss their shot allowing a German to safely return to his trench etc). rather crazily one of the only major departure the film creator made from real events was a cat that was known to cross no mans land making friends with the troops & carrying notes between the trenches- which survived the movie as the director could not bare to tell the true story ( the cat was captured by a french General infuriated by the truce, & executed by firing squad for being a German Spy) you should definitely check out their version of this moment.

[@trentsteel2029]

This guy is on the ball , great film . Have a watch guys it's awesome .

[@MichaelHill-we7vt]

Indeed, Joyeux Noel is a wonderful movie, I have the DVD and I watch the movie every year at Christmas time, it's brilliant.. if yo get the chance, watch it, and see what we mean!

[@99fruitbat94]

I'm half Scottish and half German ,both my grandfathers fought in the first World War , on opposite sides of course . They weren't part of this experience but word soon spread down the lines .I never knew them as one died long before I was born and my German Opa died when I was 3 . This truce always touches me deeply ❤️

[@SavageIntent]

Silent Night was first sung in German, so the German is original OG

[@hurnethehunter]

" Stille Nacht " was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, a village in the Austrian Empire on the Salzach river in present-day Austria. A young priest, Father Joseph Mohr, had come to Oberndorf the year before.

[@frogandspanner]

British TV advertisements went through a period when many were high quality and, unlike many modern ads, made you want to watch them. Some top people have been involved in making UK ads. In the late 60s/early 70s our amateur dramatics group was directed by somebody who made TV ads, and we got rave reviews as a result. He subsequently made the Hovis ad, then Blade Runner then . . .

[@sianb1260]

Ridley Scott

[@cyberash3000]

The fact this really happened shows that if it wasn't for our leaders we would all be friends. This really happened

[@cyberash3000]

@Capitalist Warrior I'd swap the monarchy for socialism any saybof the week I'm one of tbe 61% of the uk that is socialist

[@danosverige]

@Capitalist Warrior - and gun lobby totalitarianism in the USA!

[@cyberash3000]

@Capitalist Warrior ps that's one of your right wing nazi polling companies founded by two racist conservatives and two racist republicans. So yeah you are calling your roght wing racist yougov wrong lol 😆

[@cyberash3000]

@Capitalist Warrior fun fact the left wing socialist parties won more votes than the conservatives. The tories won 46% of the votes the left wing parties together won 54% tbe reason why you won is that we won't work together as we don't work together lol and look what tour little boris has done he's destroyed the country but one good note he's let in more brown and black immigrants than any other goverbment so cheers boris :) the more the merrier :)

[@cyberash3000]

@Capitalist Warrior ps 79% of 22-35 year old here in the uk are more intelligent than boomers and blame capitolism for the housing crisis

[@hazellee8338]

My favourite Christmas advert 🥰

[@chrisaskin6144]

Now it's time for you to watch the John Lewis Christmas ads, there's a whole raft of them going back a few years. John Lewis is the company that probably started the special Christmas ads - notably longer than a normal ad and with high production values and intended to deliver a heartwarming but maybe slightly syrupy message at Christmas time.... and a hope that you'll shop with them.

[@tonys1636]

Woolworth's did it first back in the late 80's. They then died out for a few years.

[@tastemytupance]

John Lewis ones are terrible in comparison to this one

[@alexpainter4169]

My family has a tradition of singing "Silent Night" in German every year because my late grandfather lived in Austria before immigrating to the U.S.

[@ryanyerkess]

That's more than a advert it has such a strong message and a reminder that we all are one and the fact it actually happend. Is amazing

[@danielannett1019]

One of my faviorate Christmas adverts and what make it more moving is it actually happened

[@JohnSmith-bx8zb]

Many uk large stores make fantastic Christmas ads they last for several minutes and appear for the full U.K. tv ad break every 15min

[@adammullarkey4996]

Probably my favourite Christmas ad ever, with the possible exception of John Lewis' "Man on the Moon" ad.

[@peterjohnson541]

Based on a true story :) Love watching your reaction videos guys!! Xx

[@midwestamericans3806]

Thank you!

[@mnomadvfx]

The song 'Silent Night Holy Night' is actually German originally, or "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht" in it's native tongue 😁

[@Kari_B61ex]

I'm a Brit and lived in Germany for a number of years - The German language version of Silent Night is definitely the best - Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, Alles schläft; einsam wacht . Nur das traute hochheilige Paar. Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar, Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh! Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!.... You should definitely check out more Christmas Ads - John Lewis, other Sainsburys ads, Tesco, Aldi and M&S (especially the 2016 ad, Mrs Claus)

[@andrewwells3367]

It is the best because it is the original. It was written in German and sung to guitar accompaniment.

[@OblivionGate]

The German language is a horrible language to listen to

[@jenniedarling3710]

At school I did a year of learning German the first of slight night is the only thing I still remember, I sing it every Christmas.

[@rob-henderson7322]

No ads at all on BBC channels but independent channels ads are usually every 15 minutes for about 3 mins total. Great reaction guys. Thank you.

[@patrickwoods254]

I always tear up at this advert, must mean I've compassion and respect for our boys in the trenches

[@chrisshelley3027]

You may have noticed the British Legion logo at the end of the ad, Sainsburys gave a percentage of the sales to the British Legion who take care of war graves for all nationalities around the world, they also help with rehabilitation of those injured in wars, the Red Crescent do similar around the world too, we don't shout about what is done in this respect because it may be seen as glorifying war, we have our day off remembrance in November when we wear the red poppy, but fundraising goes on all year, I know that you Ethan are aware of this as you have mentioned about it previously. As others have said, look for the Christmas ads, they are longer and good quality and often tell a story, you will enjoy them, thank you both for sharing this :)

[@johnmcgurn8921]

Hi Ethan & Wifey, If you like our Christmas adverts you should check out the Christmas adverts of John Lewis. My favourites are Edgar the Dragon,The Man on the Moon and Buster the Boxer just to name a few. Best wishes from Durham City, the UK one

[@stephenbarrass7496]

I think you would love reacting to more of our Christmas Adverts, from like John Lewis stores. Sainsbury's even MacDonalds do one every year. Me I love "The Man in the Moon" and the Elton John one, but there are some super ones

[@lynnhamps7052]

Agree and the Penguin one :)

[@nopasaranexetercityfc4666]

My Grandad remembered when this happened in 1914, although he was elsewhere on the front.

[@yvonnejones8096]

What an absolutely brilliant advert. It made me cry.

[@matthewhale2464]

That ad breaks me every single time 😭

[@Elderglade]

The chocolate bar was the focus, as Sainburys recreated the packaging from 1914 as it was the 100 year anniversary of WW1. Part of the profit from the sale of the chocolate went to the British Legion, who care and support our veterans and injured service men and women.

[@ilibertine1]

The woman watching this is SO soulless! Completely unmoved - 'oh yah, for a grocery store?' as soon as it ended. Jesus! The guy at least had a heart. I've watched many people reacting to this ad and that woman was the least human I've seen

[@gonetothedogs2872]

The name of the store is pronounced sane-s-berries. Our advert breaks work out at on average 3 minutes for every 15 minutes of program (approximately).

[@teenybabs]

We pronounce it as Saines Bries. Don't know why. I've found it to be 5 mins for ads, I FF so have to keep count on the sky time to get it right, unless it's early hours of the morning, sometimes, depending on the channel there is only 1 advert, which is only 1 minute so not worth FF. :) I need a life, or a hobby.

[@pttaekwondo]

saines-burys

[@teenybabs]

@@pttaekwondo LOL Nice one, I'm still having this debate with the family, I'm going to add this one in. Still think I'm right though :) Wondering how many other ways there are to pronounce it.

[@jillhobson6128]

Sainsbries

[@sean65xjrurwin61]

Silent night is actually a German Christmas carol that was written originally in German only. They translated it into English and it became popular here too.

[@johngriffiths9401]

Edgar the dragon and Elton John are two good Christmas adverts.

[@glenfitzgerald]

This is by far one of my fax Xmas adverts ever it makes me teary warm sad and greatful all at once .... You are Very correct this is a high budget / quality production but it is by means rare for a Xmas advert of this quality to air in the UK... Over the last 10 years we have had a war of the Xmas commercials all the big boys John Lewis Sainsbury's Argos Asda M&S Tesco Boots Very etc to name a few have budgets of upto 3 million pounds for there advertising budgets. So lots lots lots more for you to react to

[@CinobiteReacts]

Christmas adverts here are almost like the super bowl! There's a massive effort from the biggest companies with HUGE budgets into the millions. Lots of "reactor compilations" on KZbin you should try some 😁

[@daviddouglas6610]

Never fails to bring a tear to my eyes, and based on fact

[@davidhookway514]

Goodness me,all the soldiers are White! Sarcasm.

[@sarahealey178]

U will have to do a john Lewis Christmas ad reaction this Christmas, the Christmas ad is a big thing in the UK and we have had some amazing ones over the year but John Lewis tend to go really big xx

[@drewfinlay3618]

Their budget must be massive, Elton John was one of my favourites from John Lewis

[@tastemytupance]

John lewis ones are shite in comparison to this

[@shaunrutter9093]

You should check out the best uk Christmas ads we have so many great ones from many different companies

[@lovepeace5845]

I sing a bit of Silent night/Stille Nacht nearly every day. It’s one of my calming distractions.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

In the UK it is illegal to have more than 12 minutes of adverts in one hour - it is strictly enforced, this means they plan when to play them and how long they are very carefully. There is a bit of competition over weepy Christmas adverts. Take a look they - and others have been doing it for years...

[@johnwilson5743]

One of the reasons this advert is so powerful is that it is based on a true event. Christmas 1914. They, the British and allies had an unofficial one day truce with the Germans. I don't know if the event was depicted correctly as per the video advert but they two sides met in "no mans land", sung songs and played a kick around game of Football. (Soccer).The next day they went back to killing one another.

[@kevinjackson6011]

Silent Night was composed in 1818 in Austria and was written in German

[@sleepyfox8983]

Love this advert. Great job covering it, after the video about the truce.

[@joshsheffsagain4662]

The John Lewis ones are good, and interestingly there's a guy in the US called John Lewis, who on Twitter get loads of tweets each Christmas sent to him in error rather than the store. Each year he takes the time and effort to reply to people, and John Lewis the store recently thanked him, gave him his own commercial and sends him a huge Xmas hamper each year.

[@gastrickbunsen1957]

The human voice is such an amazing instrument. It's a pity I couldn't carry a tune in a basket.

[@davidangry8785]

It is perfect in my head but the moment l open my mouth to sing all hell is set loose. Nice to know l'm not the only one.

[@davey.f.demarco3858]

This was and still is my favourite Christmas advert. My Great Grandfather was in the Royal Artillery in WW1 aged 15. He lied to fight for his country as his brothers had gone before him to fight. Luckily they all returned but my Great Grandfather was gassed and suffered with breathing difficulties until his death aged 73. Every year there’s a Christmas advert from rival stores, some are rubbish but some are good. Nothing beats this one though 👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@patdavis6383]

Based on a true story. Something similar to this, including the football match, actually happened. The First World War halted, if just for a few hours, to allow humanity to resurface.

[@Zumakiminato]

At Christmas the ad must have a heart warming message in the uk and tug at the heart strings. The John Lewis ads are the gold standard everyone has a favourite one. John Lewis is a high end department store in the uk.

[@cenedra2143]

Some of us aren't getting ready for Christmas yet 🤣🤣 I usually start after my daughter's birthday in November. I did see a shop selling Christmas cards in June though 😐

[@sammygirl5835]

Sainsbury’s 1984 Christmas ad is just lovely, far more light hearted but just as heart warming.

[@ElizabethDebbie24]

Every year in the UK we look forward to the release of the Sainsbury and John Lewis adverts as they spend a small fortune on their Christmas adverts and they are always of a high quality and they also tug at your heartstrings. If you want to look them up the supermarkets are Sainsbury's, Tesco's and Aldi's the department store is John Lewis, over the years they have made some great commercials. On average we have a 2-3 minute break every 15 minutes. So a 30 minute programme on the commercial channels will air for an average of around 26 - 27 minutes and a 60 minute programme will air for around 50-55 minutes. The BBC does not show any commercials as they are funded by our television licence which is approximately £160 per annum, and without it, you can be fined as it is compulsory to owning a television.

[@FoxDren]

Only fined if you're stupid enough to let them catch you.

[@motov80]

In the UK we have Christmas advert season where all the companies try to out do one another for the best advert and its resulted in some fantastic ads over the years. John Lewis has had some class ones too

[@nathanmassam9102]

In the UK, Christmas Adverts are really the highlight to a lot of peoples festive seasons. They are always artistically beautiful

[@wasp6594]

There really was an unofficial truce on one Christmas Day when soldiers from both sides put down their arms and played football. Much to the anger of the generals. That commercial was based on truth.

[@martintabony611]

Just so you know, the Germans are Bavarians. The light blue and white "Bayern Kokade" (Bavarian Cockade) under the red, white and black "Reichs Kokade" (Imperial cockade). The German troops credited with the short truce were Saxons, who had worked in England before the war. The "Sachsen Kokade" (Saxon Cocade) was green and white.

[@jjcustard6378]

British adverts are a huge rabbit hole, all the Christmas adverts are good and then there's the hard hitting drink drive and vulnerable children campaigns

[@traceythompson3162]

Now isn't that beautiful, I wish the whole world could be like that.

[@Isleofskye]

True and the real-life story of The Football Match played in No-Mans Land in 1914...

[@traceythompson3162]

@@Isleofskye yes I know, being British i got told this story off my mum

[@85notout]

A very good series of adverts came from a beer company. My favourite one showed a German soldier standing on a dam and diving like a goalkeeper to push the "bouncing bomb" (built just for this raid) over the wall. Lancaster pilot has punch line - he must drink Carlsberg.

[@PJtheincel]

This was legit. The two greatest superpowers, The UK and Germany, always had this respect for each other.

[@oldwelshbloke6860]

Worth checking out Blackadder Goes Forth. WW1 themed. Perfect mix of humour and tragedy. Possibly the most emotional ending to any TV series. They also mention the Xmas truce and the legendary football match with an absolutely hilarious, totally British slant.

[@tonybennett9964]

Some of our top directors do adverts, I remember Ridley / Tony Scott and James Cameron used to them the 70/80s

[@EmmaAppleBerry]

A lot of people shop for christmas all year whenever theres a big sale for anything theyll go get presents or food or candles or whatever i remember as a kid my nanna had a christmas cupboard she had about 30 grand children at that time and when she died she had about 50 and at least 10 great grand children. Anyway she was frugal and always wanted to make sure christmas was a really great family time. So shed prepare constantly and rarely was she doing anything shopping wise in december besides picking up the fresh grceries shed pre ordered like ham and cherries here in aus. But because our family is so large we basically never exchanged gifts except at christmas or for like a 1st and 21st birthday and we could rarely get everyone together except at christmas so thered be tbis cupboard that was off limits and had wrapping paper and gifts and so many chocolates and lollies and all sorts of treasure like stuff christmas tree and baubles included. So its less preparing early in your perspective as allowing time for our biggest holiday preparations before the actual time when its crazy or hard to find stuff or whatever which also is our hottest time here in midsummer so you want to spend holidays inside or with the fam and not shopping in the heat. Decorating and cooking etc.

[@50sRockChick]

My favourite Christmas advert here. Nothing gets close to it.

[@barriehull7076]

I have a friend who tries to buy for next Xmas during the Christmas, New Year sales period, and thru the year for presents.

[@richardhunter7363]

This is one of 2 Xmas adverts that will make me cry every time - the other is John Lewis's Somewhere only we know - worth checking out to see the time put into some of the best Xmas adverts in the UK.

[@veganrhi88]

You should do a reaction video to British Christmas ads. Some of them are really heart warming and definitely put you in the spirit of Christmas!

[@deanplant5260]

This was made in conjunction with the amazing British legion who help our Great War heroes. It’s was to Mark 100th anniversary of the the war, Sainsbury’s even just to send those chocolate bars In those wrappers to the front line. In the UK we love our war heroes and the advert is to show the young generation about the amazing service these soldiers did . So we never forget them.

[@dominicryan8308]

Imagine how hard it must have been to be told to carry on the fight after having a bit of peace time with the ones your supposed to be fighting against 😔

[@PaladinesAngel]

Our Xmas ads are BIG budget over here. Sainsbury’s xmas ads are mad. And John Lewis ones too. Check them out. I think there’s a video about them all. We don’t have as many ads as you guys. Usually we get three 5 minute ads an hour. One of my faves is the original Aldi ad. About Tea. Back in the day there was a few ads that were little shorts that followed on from one another. The Bisto family ads are cool, and the Nescafé coffee ads about this couple who flirt with each other and how each ad the story of their budding relationship continues was iconic. And the Cadbury’s flake ads of the 80s too. The Tango “you know when you’ve been tangoed” ads were mad. SO many good ads

[@stevenbeaven1245]

In the UK we get a maximum of 12 mins of commercials in my each hour - usually split between 4 breaks - sometimes 3. So, our breaks tend to be longer than yours but we have fewer of them. We should all count ourselves lucky our TV isn't like Sweden's or Norway's (to name a couple) where breaks can last up to 10 minutes. Often, but not always, does mean fewer breaks though.

[@danosverige]

To put that in context... the average 3 hour NFL game consists of 11 minutes of actual play time! lol

[@speedyreedy4878]

Still makes me cry. 😢

[@MattyRlufc]

There are no adverts on the BBC. Ad breaks are usually 4 per hour, about 3-5 minutes each on commercial channels.

[@erictull2089]

For info you could buy the specially made Chocolate bar shown in the advert in Sainsbury's and half of the cost goes the Royal British Legion, a charity that supports armed service veterans.

[@Morbicity]

It was a collaboration between sainsbury and the Royal British legion, our own charity for veterans of all wars from ww1 onwards and their families.

[@KJT96x]

Christmas adverts are a really big thing over here, they start in like November and everyone talks about them once they’re first aired. Once those Christmas adverts start showing, it’s officially Christmas! You should react to some more, John Lewis Christmas adverts are always really good! 😊

[@Gromit801]

Stille Nacht is a German song written for guitar. Highly recommend the German Edeka ad “Opa,” and the Spanish Christmas lottery ad “Justino.”

[@paulhiscock6790]

We also have the BBC which doesn’t show commercials during the program and only advertising for themselves between programs. You should also look out for John Lewis, Waitrose and Mark’s & Spencer’s. All of these are loved British retailers who tend to invest in quality Christmas campaign adverts.

[@alanshave8010]

You may have started at the top but boy do you have a lot of catching up to do, so many great adverts to see.

[@debbiewhitelock1552]

Xmas adverts are huge and a competition really to see who does the best. You need to look at the John Lewis Xmas adverts. They are usually the ones that make you cry. Xmas starts here when the adverts come out x

[@tonys1636]

It all started with the Woolworth's Christmas advert many years ago, they went into liquidation some 30 year ago.

[@Danny_kay]

I loved this AD it was truly beautiful.

[@jenniedarling3710]

The other Christmas advert that brings a tear to my eye is the John Lewis "man in the moon" I think it was 2016 but not sure of the year.

[@esclad]

UK commercial TV channels in the UK usually (if not always) have 3 sets of ads per hour; mostly 3x 4-minute breaks every 11 minutes... Hope this helps you compare.

[@jaytea2]

You shoud take a look at Poppys at the Tower, which commorated WW1

[@njebs.]

Every Christmas there's an arms race by companies like M&S and Sainsbury's to produce the "best" Christmas advert, typically the most wholesome, heartwarming, or most tear-jerking one. It's a fun little tradition.

[@stetoyne3120]

sainsbury’s sold the chocolate bars, and every penny that was made was donated to the Royal British Legion. That takes care of our veterans that fall on hard times ❤

[@martindunstan8043]

Hello peeps👍this commercial was massive when it came out and Sainsbury's sold those bars in that packaging over the Christmas ✌️🇬🇧✌️🇺🇸🍻

[@davidalexsander8176]

It should be exciting to see what uk Christmas adverts bring this year with everything that has happened this year

[@carollizc]

I actually first heard about the Christmas Truce back in the early 1970s from a school friend. His dad, who was German, had heard about it from an old German veteran who had actually been there. I was so gobsmacked at the idea that they could behave like human beings to each other, then go back to trying to Kell each other.

[@Bob10009]

Even our standard adverts are far better quality than most American adverts from what I’ve seen.

[@Codex7777]

This happened at numerous points all along the frontline, at Christmas 1914. At some places it lasted into the New Year. Whole regiments had to be moved, on both sides because, after meeting, they refused to attack each other. Unofficial 'no fire' agreements continued in various sectors of the line until about 1916. This is where opposing trenches agreed not to fire at each other and would give a warning, if they'd been ordered to. By 1916, the relentless propaganda and the horrendous death toll and injuries suffered by both sides, meant that those sorts of agreements had mostly fizzled out. However the unofficial Christmas truce of 1914 remains as possibly the finest moment of the entire war and of almost any war. It remains an iconic piece of cultural history in both Britain and Germany, to this day. :) Btw, Sainsbury's made a special version of that chocolate bar and displayed it prominently in their stores. All proceeds from sales, went to the Royal British Legion, the main veteran's charity in the UK. The advert itself was made in conjunction with the Royal British Legion too. :)

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We have no commercials at all on the BBC channels, we pay £175 a year for the TV Licence so we don't get them, however we get them on all the other channels...