To not believe grown women here are getting excited over Xmas adverts.

[ssd]

seriously, my life is pretty boring but the day I get all worked up and teery over a sodding sainsburys/tesco/john lewis advert is the day I stick my head in the oven.

maybe its just mumsnet...I mean the john lewis advert made it into discussion of the day, can't see the aldi/lidl adverts will get the same reaction here....

[ouryve]

Who pissed in your own brand cornflakes?

[Thisisaghostlyeuphemism]

Aww, we need all the excitement we can get!
No different to getting excited about was corrie, aibu or the footy.

Disclaimer: I'm not excited about any ads.

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

And who says we're all women?

Shaves my Hairy Trucker Hands

[FanFuckingTastic]

I'm not very grown up I'm afraid.

[NewtRipley]

it's teary, and it's horses for courses

[DaleyBump]

YABU. Christmas is an exciting time for some of us.

[FreakinScaryCaaw]

I haven't seen these ads but read about them on FB. People getting teary over them.

[EdithWeston]

YABU to start a Christmas thread in a general forum before the start of Advent.

And YABU to expect every thread to be serious and worthy.

[Thisisaghostlyeuphemism]

It is an interesting phenomena though isn't it.

We have big business trying to get us to spend our money with them and we love it. Are we being manipulated or something else...

[ohmymimi]

Totally agree, ssd. This guff is solely designed to pick our pockets to the max. I've got heartstrings of steel where this Xmas tosh is concerned. It also now sits rather uncomfortably alongside the reports from the Phillipines. I got off the Xmas gift merry-go-round a while back.

[scratchandsniff]

I believe you when you say your life is pretty boring.

[ouryve]

I don't think manipulation is the word. These adverts never influence mt to buy more. They do make me less likely to buy, though - like ASDA, last year.

[Strumpetron]

Sorry I still have some happy emotions left

[anonacfr]

Fuck off it's Christmas.

[anonacfr]

[LocalEditorCroydon]

Totally agree with OP. I just don't get why these adverts produce such a response.

[Tee2072]

You're assuming we're all grown women. And give a fuck what you think.

[Thisisaghostlyeuphemism]

But it's not Christmas it's weds 13th nov.

Since when did ads mean Christmas? It's only been the last - what- five years or so.

[DiaryOfAWimpyMum]

bah humbug

[LaBuveuse]

I cried at the John Lewis one. I never POSTED or anything about it though.

[VerySmallSqueak]

I haven't seen any.

I record anything I want to watch and FF through the adverts.

Ha.Two fingers to consumerism.

[ssd]

its all just designed to sell us more shite than we'll ever need but its seen as something heart warming and lovely

[TeeManyMartoonis]

YABU

It's Christmas. If you can't get excited about it then it is just a busy, expensive time of year.

[saintmerryweather]

all of them are absolutely shit. especially the JL one

[ssd]

but laBuveuse, why did you cry? I just dont get it.