Laura

Nothing signals the start of the Christmas countdown to me more than seeing the first yuletide advert of the season, and as retailers up the ante on their festive marketing offerings each year there is no shortage of Christmas adverts to give us that sparkly, warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

My winning Christmas advert of all time has to be the Irn-Bru advert featuring The Snowman (Raymond Brigg’s). My family has strong ties with Scotland - my Dad lived in the Scottish Highlands for many years before moving back to Nottingham, and both my sisters still live there - big sister in Edinburgh and little sister in Glasgow - so it warms my cockles whenever this advert comes on the tellybox as I watch the little boy and The Snowman fly over the familiar landmarks of the Glenfinnan Viaduct, The Forth Bridge, Edinburgh Princes St. Gardens Ice Rink and Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall and Buchanan Street. Not only does it make me feel all nostalgic but it has me in stitches laughing every time, it is pure genius (come on - “I tell him get your own, he looks like he is going to cry”, is funny right?) If you haven’t had the pleasure of seeing this advert before (WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!) then here it is...

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The winner will be chosen at random on 28th December and contacted by email. Your contact details will not be shared with third parties. By entering, you agree for us to share your name and church name in our competition winner publicity should you win. All the best!

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