£700 and a friendly dog: how a bar in Enniskillen made this year’s best Christmas ad
The tearjerking video has won widespread praise – including from John Lewis, the retailer renowned for its festive campaigns
John Lewis Christmas advert: a terrifying dog-eating plant that vomits presents? Yes please!
At last, John Lewis has stopped trying to make us blub – and decided to show us a 20ft Venus flytrap showering a horrified family with regurgitated headphones. This is progress
Snapper the Venus flytrap: watch the 2023 John Lewis Christmas advert – video
John Lewis Christmas ad snaps back on track with a Venus flytrap
Pass notes
’Tis the season to be emotionally manipulated: the battle of the Christmas adverts has begun
November 2022
Need a good cry? You’re in luck, it’s Christmas ad season
Emma Beddington
John Lewis advert’s focus on fostering is inspiring
‘My board shoots off, like in the ad’: Sam Wollaston goes skateboarding
Mail-order brides, trampolining dogs, delinquent dragons: the 10 best John Lewis Christmas ads
It shouldn’t be down to John Lewis’s Christmas ad to stand up for children in care
Daniel Lavelle
John Lewis Christmas advert: the most unapologetically depressing thing in human history
Watch the 2022 John Lewis Christmas advert – video
John Lewis’ Christmas ad goes back to basics with foster dad’s story
November 2021
John Lewis sued by self-published children’s author over Christmas ad
John Lewis accused of copying arrangement of Electric Dreams for Christmas ad
John Lewis Christmas advert 2021: this alien girl is here to ravage our planet
John Lewis Christmas ad featuring teen alien to crash-land on TV screens
November 2020
Peace and goodwill to all (except pigeons): John Lewis spreads the love with its Christmas advert
It’s got flying hedgehogs, bad haircuts and the return of Moon Hitler, but this year’s TV ad is all about people being nice to each other – well, kind of
John Lewis Christmas ad stars children, snowmen and hip-hop pigeons
Covid edition of annual TV advert focuses on kindness rather than gift-giving
Comfort and joy: new Christmas adverts go back to basics
The TV blitz begins this week as marketing experts pitch homely, family-themed ads for troubled times
