"Boots" new advert

[sosoverytired]

Aibu to ask you all to join me in a boycott of Boots?

Thanks to their new advert all I can think of is fucking Christmas Songs!! It's the middle of June and I can feel the damn Christmas stress coming on!
Grrr lol

(Tongue in cheek obviously kind off maybe, maybe not)

[pipsqueak25]

got to look out for this ad ! congrats on getting in first with the first christmas thread

[KeiraKnightleyActsWithHerTeeth]

Do you have a link?

[FakePlasticTeaLeaves]

It's horrible

[Unicorn81]

Haha tesco did one similar few years ago. I often belt out christmas tunes just to annoy dp

[KeiraKnightleyActsWithHerTeeth]

Ugh I hate it

[KeiraKnightleyActsWithHerTeeth]

And thanks for the link!

[Excited101]

Yes! I'm so glad someone's posted about this- it's dreadful, I hope whoever thought it was a good idea is sacked.

[ThatGingerOne]

Why were the only kids being suncreamed up were gingers? I feel so attacked

[RhodaBorrocks]

Whoever thought of that 'subtle' nod to Christmas shopping deserves to get fired.

Subtle as a brick.

[BreconBeBuggered]

That's honestly not the Boots advert they're showing around here. How very odd.

[pipsqueak25]

it's only a bit of fun fgs, a play on a christmas song not actual lyrics, i'm a bit disappointed tbh. and no, it's hardly christmas stuff and shopping is it ??

[MacarenaFerreiro]

Saw it yesterday and groaned inwardly. Then moaned loudly to DH about it.

I hate Christmas. It's a shit time of year with even shittier music and they're subjecting us to it in June? Tney can fuck RIGHT OFF and I'll go to Superdrug instead.

[sosoverytired]

I can normally block ads out but that one just really gets to me. It's not clever just fucking irritating. Keep finding myself humming Christmas songs grrr

[LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726]

Yes that advert is bloody awful. I thought this thread was going to be something along the lines of how women need to 'prettify' themselves because that is the main thrust of it, apart from a fleeting glimpse of sun cream being sprayed on a couple of kids.

But yes, Christmas in June? We don't want to hear it and it's a terrible do-over of a not-great song in the first place. There are so many to choose from and they picked that one.

[sosoverytired]

Nope. Ad made no sense to me, all I noticed was the horrendous Christmas parody thing. Every time I hear it I want to scream. Or drink

[Willow2017]

Its not the advert itself, its the bastardising of a classic Xmas song that grits my teeth!
Yes probably very unreasonable of me but I dont care. Xmas songs are sacred (pardon the pun) in this house, leave them alone you mindless, uncreative advertising morons. Think up something of your own, thats what you are paid for!

Rant over

[Birdsgottaf1y]

I hope Roy Wood is getting a share of the royalties and hasn't been screwed over.

The advertisers just want to keep us in a spending loop.

[hellomoon]

Yes! I'm so glad someone's posted about this- it's dreadful, I hope whoever thought it was a good idea is sacked.

And I hope you're joking. So you don't like it? You're talking about it, you've seen it and it's cut through... pretty sure they won't be getting sacked for that hey?

[ThanksForAllTheFish]

I love Christmas so the ad doesn't bother me at all.

[Missingthesea]

Sorry, I think it's quite fun. I love the littlie with the armbands on

[Patchouli666]

This ad in the current boots magazine bothered my 16 year old dd more! Sweaty scrotes are not what a young for age dd with autism wants to think about!

[Excited101]

Why would I be joking hello it's awful. I love Christmas songs, at Christmas time. Using one in June for an advert is hideous and screams of unimaginative marketing. It also makes me less inclined to shop at Boots.

[jarhead123]

I like it! It's harmless

[sharon911]

Absolutley ridiculous!!!!! get rid & use your own imagination for a summer jingle not a CLASSIC CHRISTMAS SONG!!! obviously cannot think of anything original, it does my head in just like Darrels Furnishers