John Lewis Christmas Ad is here

[fishingtime]

And it’s lovely - I think anyway.

https://www.johnlewis.com/content/christmas-advert

I like the sentiment but not their best.

I think the kids are awful, it’s a no from me

It's dull and didn't make me emotional at all.

I really like it. More subtle than some previous years and love the sentiment. Some personal nostalgia for the dog toy also helps!

I’d be embarrassed if those kids were mine … too big to be charging about bored, they aren’t toddlers. And then holding the card up, looking for money 😳

I kept waiting for something heartwarming to happen and then the ad ended.

It didn't make me feel Christmassy and to be honest if they were my kids they wouldn't be getting any presents they were so rude.

What is going on with JL?! I think they must have some young people in their marketing department because nostalgia isn’t a thing anymore. Just awful parenting and spoiled kids. It’s a no from me.

I'm not even sure what she did get them from John Lewis?! Maybe that's not the point. Patronising to older folks? Did like the dog though, cosy house and at least it was different I guess.

That’s awful. Basically the grandchildren are absolute brats, they completely disrespect their grandmother and their mother just shrugs her shoulders and blames grandma. Grandma then goes to the ends of the earth to buy shit to make them love her. Even the fact they shake the card expecting money is shocking. Awful ad.

Bet Fisher Price are happy . My adult children had that dog . Not the best JL advert .

Just found it a bit confusing tbh.

Kristin Scott Thomas's skin looks lovely though, if they sell whatever she's using in JL I'll buy that.

All I got was disinterested Nan who thought she could buy their love and spoilt children. Very disappointed.

The best John Lewis advert was the 'Always a woman' one in 2010. Not Christmas, but really memorable.

Posh grandma in huge house. Appallingly behaved children. Stupid talking dog. Wet parents. Disco gran. What a waste of the luminous Kristen Scott Thomas!

Thanks for sharing, OP. Kind of cosy...but what did she get them? A record player? A playroom so they don't trash the house? And what was with the pink tuktuk- thought it was father Christmas for a moment.
All in all, not bad.

My fave was the 2011 one, The Long Wait ❤

It was shit.

The pink tuktuk dragged Granny to JL so she could buy her spoilt grandchildren’s affection.

I love Pickles, but can’t stand the kids that arrive at Grandma’s house and jump all over her furniture, trash her study (parents don’t say anything) and the only thing to do with JL is when you see the name on the floor - could be any shop.
I like the sentiment, but the bratty kids ruin it! She still could have done something fun for well behaved children.

Improved after Gramdma left those shitty badly behaved kids behind and went on a shopping trip. Ending would be much improved if it was Grandma surrounded by lovely things she had bought herself from John Lewis, with the kids locked outside in the cold.

Agree its is done by kids who just left uni and are very woke and do not understand real life

Bit strange really, not very Christmassy despite the setting or heart-warming. Awful children.

KST looks lovely, but then she always does.

The little boy playing Freddie is Jordan in Eastenders!

Bloody hell... what a feel-bad advert... It's like they asked AI 'what does Christmas mean to you?' and it scraped all the replies saying 'It's just consumerism now, over-indulged kids who behave badly and get spoiled anyway by family trying to buy their love...'.

Would love this! 😁