Go on a nostalgia trip with these iconic Christmas adverts. Some of these are seriously evocative.
You have to be careful about messing with such a much-loved treasure of Christmas tradition as Raymond Brigg’s magical classic The Snowman, butThe snowman, outraged when the little boy won't share his Irn Bru with him, steals the can and lets go of the boy’s hand in a piece that’s completed with local references, with the duo flying over landmarks such as the Falkirk Wheel, the Forth Bridge, and Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall.
Reinforced by the lyrics of Slow Moving Millie’s cover of Please Please Please, Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths, we imagine he’s desperate for his presents, but on Christmas morning, he ignores his own gifts and rushes to deliver a present to his sleeping parents. With the strapline 'For Gifts you can’t wait to give,' it firmly puts the focus on the giving rather than the receiving.
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