Blubbering mess

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The John Lewis Christmas ad has destroyed me. The tears were pouring down my face. Oh God. I don't know whether to be embarrassed or watch it again so I can have another cry....

Edit from MNHQ: Sorry for butting in squiggleirl - but we're just going to add a link to to the video here so everyone can sob uncontrollably enjoy it . Apologies for the intrusion!

OMG I have just accidentally showed DD the spoof version. Be careful what you google!

I. Have. just. shown. the roast penguin version... To a 5 year old. Nooooooooooooo

Yeah, I cried. But that's not saying much since my sob-bar is set low.

Oh they are both shit. THe penguin one, not only mail order bride but also, you can't be happy unless you are in a couple - what a great message to send kids...

And the boots one? FFS if I had just done a night shift I would want to go to bed, not have to entertain the whole bloddy family.

My penguin loving daughter is 25...I think the Ikea one is in the attic . Open to offers. ..
Nice ad though . But do JL (and M and S who presumably have one due) really think their ads make us rush there and spend more? If you have a local JL you probably use them anyway...if not, you can't

A spoof version? Must find it.

no not feeling it at all

not even a hint of a tear for me and I'm normally a big baby

I do looooove jl though

Have considered writing to the CEOs of JL et al and telling them if they donated the money (mega bucks??) they spend on these ads to a childrens' charitty I'd be
far more likely to spend money with them

oh that is so sweet. God I'm a sop

Here's one spoof.

Going back to Trismas and her impression of friendship rather than romance, I would say that the woman and daughter on the bench at the lake are meant to be the boy's mother and his teenage sister. The penguin doesn't appear to look longingly at them, anyway. I'm not 100% sure but I think it's the same woman who appears right at the end, and you can just see a teenage girl on the stairs behind her.

Yes I agree, it's his mum and older sister, they are on the bus as well, and the sister seems to be having teenage dramas and the mum is always listening wearily and sympathetically.

Schmaltz. Bah Humbug. 7 more weeks of these things. Think I will stop watching commercial TV.

JL one didn't do anything for me - though Boot's one did manage to muster up a bit of emotion - though I've worked Christmas before and not been with my family and had them come together and make an effort to make Christmas special for me so I imagine it's more that!!

The horror version is very good.

Seriously, I watched the whole thing thinking, oh this is v cute, but blubbing? Then the scruffy toy penguin was shown - and that was it! I was blubbing.

It's that velveteen rabbit thing about a very well loved child's toy I think.

Also, I don't think it's a dig at single parents, there is clearly a dad sat on the sofa watching the movie with them (blink and you miss him though).

The Dad also was decorating the tree,]

BOy is too young for TV in bedroom.

The advert is designed so that lots of people relate to it in different ways, for some reason the shot at the beginning where he is lying on the floor with the lego really got to me and sucked me in, I was then totally in bits by the end.

Loved it and yes, I welled up. My nearly three year old DS said 'The penguin just wants a kiss'. And we both laughed when he snaffled the sausage.

I also thought it was dreary bar the last seconds, 'real' penguin was getting on my nerves.

The stuffed animal who's only alive when other people aren't looking isn't a new idea. Don't know if anybody's familiar with Calvin and Hobbes?

That out of the way, I stand amongst the blubbering mess populace. Anybody spot that the Christmas film was It's a Wonderful Life? Here's me, mush on the sofa.

It wasn't It's A Wonderful Life, I don't think.

Loving the spoofs.....

Roast Penguin, Horror Penguin, Penguin Voice Over but most of all,
Penguin Rights one...

DH thinks it's sweet. I was expecting him to give the penguin to a zoo so it could have some company, not get a mail-order bride.

YouTube Happy Toast - loads of silly Penguin commentary vids.

Happy Times.

This one had me in tears though...