Holidays are coming

OOooh my favourite christmas ad of all time :christmas1:


Here in the UK 2 major stores John Lewis and Marks and Spencer compete every year for the best Christmas advert .

A couple of days ago they released their new ads for this year...

IMO John Lewis has by far the best one again...

Have a look at them both




 

yes it does say that a lot on YT vids JPM when sharing from different countries very irritating ...but if it was the M&S one you couldn't see, then you haven't missed much anyway lol..the John lewis penguin one is soo sweet..
 
Even though we don't drink Coke very often (only w/fast food), we LOVE the Coke/Polar Bear Christmas commercials. My wife has her own little Coke/Polar Bear Christmas collection on a shelf. I'm looking in Amazon to buy her a model of 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery Truck (Coke) for Christmas to add to her collection. Sure she love it. Also, LOVE the Christmas Budweiser Clydesdales commercials.

Yes, we LOVE the holidays!
 
jujube said:
I had an eight-hour drive yesterday and turned on the car radio to see what was playing. Believe it or not, there was already a local all-holiday-music station on. That didn't usually start until after Thanksgiving but now I guess we're celebrating Hallowthanksmas these days.
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So it probably won't be long before we are watching Home Alone again .. :)
 
jujube said:
I had an eight-hour drive yesterday and turned on the car radio to see what was playing. Believe it or not, there was already a local all-holiday-music station on. That didn't usually start until after Thanksgiving but now I guess we're celebrating Hallowthanksmas these days.
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Rediculous isnt it?
 
Santa suit originally Green

Santas suit was originally green back when he was known as St Nicholas, he then had a totally different meaning to the Santa Clause we know today.

The truth behind the Santa we see in our times came about in the early 1950's and someone we all know very well helped to create this image.

Coca Cola had a problem with sales in some European contries at the time due to 2 reasons.

1. Post war depression

2. Unknown product hard to introduce due to the depression.

To make the product saleable world wide they had to come up with a sales pitch to capture this market. One clever sales marketer sent to Europe was studying up on childrens stories whilst there and came across St Nicholas, a man who gave willingly to children so that they may have some joy in their poor lives and decided to spread the sales of cola with a jolly fat man in a red and white suit, which perfectly matched their product colours, and instilled a feeling of joy about a man like St. nicholas who gave presents one day of each year to enrich their lives even just for a while.

Not knowing this was created just to sell a product the Europeans took to it like a duck to water in the thought that America had stories similar to their own fabled St nicholas.

You now know the story of both Santa's red suit and Coca Cola's push into the European market in hard times.

Clever bunnies those guys
 
He's called Father Christmas here, and yes, he was originally in a green suit.
The John Lewis ad with the little boy and the penguin is great, I love it. The M&S one is ok but last years ad was better.
 
My favorite story that always stayed with me growing up and the sentiment that resonated with me about the holiday season was a story about a wife and husband. As I age, I can't remember the exact name of the story, but it something to do with the wife selling her hair and the husband selling his watch. To me, the story represented everything that was the holiday season. I'll see if I can find the title and more details of the story. I think there were more than one version of it out there, but I first remember it being read in one of my classes when I was a young girl. Those were the kinds of stories that meant something to me and I took to heart.

PS. I Found the title, it's "The Gift of Magi" By O Henry.
 
I have a question Oceana, When "Hola says it can read and change the data on any websites you visit" what does that mean. If you don't know maybe someone else can tell me. Have avoided several sites because of this statement.
 
It means, I understand, that it can tell what sites you're watching.. so it can collect data on your surfing habits. But unless you're watching something .. well, really bad - who cares! It can't read anything that's on your computer, or your email or anything personal. I just download it each time I want to use it, then delete it till the next time - only takes a few seconds.
 
Tinkle bells, or is it jingle bells, or maybe silver bells, I used to mix them up when my children were children which would bring much hooting and laughter...
 
Incredible to believe December's here again. In 17 days, it'll be Christmas Eve. A local church is offering a "Blue Christmas Service" for people who've suffered a loss this year. I've not the courage to attend, neither does daughter.

However, my question is DO YOU STILL BELIEVE IN SANTA & THE MAGIC WHICH SURROUNDS THE HOLIDAYS?

Daughter and I watched the new series "The Santa Clauses" on Disney+ and currently it's the first film of the franchise.

Yes, daughter and I still believe, so did son and hubby. The spirit of Christmas... Even if family members are missing in bodies they're here with us in spirit in our memories and in our hearts!

 

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