To hate all the Xmas foody banquet ads when so many cant afford a decent meal?

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...And will be queing at the food banks as usual?

Not wanting to poo pooh anyones enjoyment, but at a time when so many people have barely enough to eat these days cos of this fucking government and their cuts to the disabled and vulnerable, I wish some ads would be a bit more down to earthy, and not just the Sally army ones.

Same with warm cosy houses with log fires and toasty heating when some people (including us) have to resort to being in one room all winter just to have a bit of warmth in one room as tthey cant afford to heat the whole house?

awaiting either support or a flaming...............

I get what the YABU people are saying but thanks to all who understand what im trying to sya.
Im not stuipid, but where we might want a Lexus or a thousand pounds necklace or expensive perfume or holidays, we can do without them, its the food and heating. we cant so without.

sorry if anyone thinks im trying to doom and gloom xmas, Im not, I hate most adverts generally, for their patheticness, but its the gluttony the more food the better stuff, its the oliver twist thing, I guess.

and well done to all who give to food banks, however in this day and sage there should BE foodbanks eh?

this government are the ones with the laden tables and log fires. stuff the rest of us.

anyway, ill leave this thread alone now, I realise it sounds pathetic, but at least some posters see where im coming from, thanks.

My dog thinks the John Lewis advert should be banned because she's not getting a trampoline for Christmas
Personally I think the 'perfect Christmas' adverts do have a place - it's like fairy stories, you don't believe them but they make you feel good just for a short while. Who needs reminding about crap if you're living it every day?

I never even see the food first in these Christmas adverts.

I see the perfect family set ups, with mum and dad and grand parents and lots of happy smiling children.

No amount of food or wonderful expensive presents can replace your loved ones at Christmas. I'd happily eat beans on toast, sitting around a one bar heater, if I could pull a cracker with some of the people missing in my life....

Perhaps people should give that some though.

TBH I largely tune the ads out as they don't represent either my lifestyle or my family.

There are only me and the DC and the youngest two will be with ex-twunt this Christmas. DC1 and I are volunteering in an old people's home instead of stuffing our faces. I'm sure it will be a lot more fun.