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Last week I brought you my five favourite Christmas adverts from this year, here are five that didn’t quite make it!

Sainsburys
Mostly for the charcute-tree pun!

Asda
This was a precursor to their actual advert, but I think I enjoyed it more!

Lidl

Disney

Boots

Happy December! It feels like a strong year this year, here are my top 5!

Marks & Spencer
This has been deemed controversial by some for a couple of reasons, one political and one PC, neither of which I think were strong arguments, but there we go.
I loved it – it made me laugh a lot!
Sadly the version on the M&S YouTube channel has been cut a few times to remove the things that have upset people; it’s now a shadow of its former self. I’ve had to post the video from the daily fail’s channel instead, but it’s worth it for the full joyful experience.

Aldi
Each year I worry that Aldi will have run out of ideas for Kevin the Carrot, but absolutely not, this year is a full on retelling of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! It’s the little details that make it brilliant.

Tesco

Coca-Cola

Amazon
This seemed like a great idea and I kinda wanted to give it a go!

Five runners up to follow next week!

Last week you had my winners this year, hear are those who didn’t quite make it!

Disney – The Gift

Marks & Spencer – Fairy and Duckie

McDonalds – The List

Argos – They’re coming, be ready

Lidl – Lidl Bear

Here we go again! Here are my five favourite Christmas adverts this year – feels like a pretty strong showing this time around. Runners up will come next week.

Asda – Have you Elf a Merry Christmas

Tesco – A Christmas Party Broadcast

Aldi – Feast of Football

Aldi – Home Alone (finishes the story)

John Lewis – The Beginner

O2 – The Snowgran

It was a tough one this year, my shortlist was about 10, and I’m still not sure I’ve got it right – I don’t know if I should penalise some for being nothing to do with the actual company they’re advertising, or what about companies I’ve never heard of – but after much deliberation, here are the worthy winners! (Results from previous years can be found here)

1: McDonalds
I absolutely loved this, though my colleague and I debated the ending as he wasn’t so impressed. We agreed that maybe the Dad should have taken the cheeseburger for himself if Father Christmas only eats mince pies….

2: Aldi
A great sequel to last year’s entry

3: Barbour
Literally no idea who this company are, but if they’re doing a sequel to The Snowman then that’s easy points right there!

4: Marks & Spencer
Feels like more of an advert for Paddington than M&S, but that doesn’t stop it being lovely.

5: John Lewis
The product placement is obvious, but such a sweet story!