My Top 5 Christmas Ads of 2021🎅🏻

You may hold the opinion that it's too early to think about putting up your Christmas tree or hanging your stockings, unfortunately for you, your favourite brands are way ahead of the Xmas game! With Christmas adverts out as early as the beginning of November and opinions flying around faster than Santa's reindeer after 2 pints of hot chocolate, we have to talk about the best Christmas ads from 2021... in my opinion, that is.

#1 Boots 🎁

This was the most magical Christmas ad this year by a country mile, plus this is also a Jenna Coleman stan account so I have to acknowledge how much of a perfect fit she is for this! It has the magic of giving, family relationships, selfless joy giving and a really touching ending, I refuse to believe that that's not her real nan... There also wasn't a whole bunch of obvious product placement whilst still communicating what the brand offers and inspiring gift ideas, haven't seen anything this flawless since I first watched 'The Princess Bride' (1987). If you're going to watch any Christmas ad this year, let it be this one!

My Rating- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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#2 Lidl 🤖

This ad started off a little vanilla for me, but as it progressed I appreciated the creativity and originality of it all. We often fixate and Christmas past or present, the future is hard to imagine and often doesn't cross our minds. The costuming, lighting, cast and general feel of this ad are all top notch, I wonder if this is an accurate prediction of what Christmas will be? Also they get bonus points for the dog, because he's such a good boy...

My Rating- ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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#3 Tesco 🎅🏻

Although this ad outraged many, I found it to be almost perfect. It acknowledged our global situation in a tasteful, comedic and light-hearted way. Plus I'm fairly pleased that Santa was smart enough to get double vaxxed before visiting us all in one night, gotta love that social responsibility! It embodies all the parts of a British Christmas that make it so special for us, you can't ask for much more than that.

My Rating- ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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#4 Sports Direct ⛄

Although I'm not known for my love of sports gear, I can appreciate a good ad when I see one. This ad housed a host of famous faces from the athletic world, also Big Narstie was there... I enjoyed the concept, snowball fights are the ultimate nostalgia hit when it comes to Christmas! Whoever created this ad should give themselves some credit, it's beaten out a lot of other ads to make it into this listened has become one of the favourites for most from the 2021 pool.

My Rating- ⭐⭐⭐

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#5 Aldi 🥕

To finish off this list I had to include the iconic Kevin the Carrot! In this... organic retelling of Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol' we follow Ebanana Scrooge (whoever came up with that deserves a raise because it made me chuckle considerably) as he learns the true joys of Christmas. This ad had all the magic of a family Christmas movie packed into a measly 80 seconds, a great feat for any creator!

My Rating- ⭐⭐⭐

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Honourable Mentions🏅

Amazon - a moving story about a young adult living with anxiety at Christmas

Asda - an ice-skating masterpiece!

Homebase - A festive store makeover ft. Dick & Angel Strawbridge

That's a wrap on this list! I hope you found some Christmas spirit and enjoyed my rankings, let me know what you think on socials...