Even the Christmas commercials are depressing!

[Farro]

Man! I think I've seen 3 different commercials where Grandma is sad and has to spend Christmas watching the grandkids on video.
I get the point, but I think they've gone overboard on the schmaltz. Just kind of a downer.

I've seen a few fun ones though!

 

[Feralpeg]

I love the Hobby Lobby commercial with the old couple playing matchmaker! I also like the new Coca Cola commercial with the dad trying to get his daughter's letter to Santa delivered. I chuckle when I see the commercial with Rebel Wilson in the lightup sweater. I've enjoyed the new commercials this year!

 

[Farro]

I love the Hobby Lobby commercial with the old couple playing matchmaker! I also like the new Coca Cola commercial with the dad trying to get his daughter's letter to Santa delivered. I chuckle when I see the commercial with Rebel Wilson in the lightup sweater. I've enjoyed the new commercials this year!

Those are great!

 

[SaintsManiac]

I haven’t seen any yet because I avoid all ads as much as possible. Maybe we will see some during the Saints game later.

Anything is better than political ads!

 

[disneychrista]

Holiday commericals of happy couples/families celebrating together are pretty depressing for me.

 

[antmaril]

I like the new Kohl’s commercial with the little girl and her elderly neighbor communicating by taping notes to their windows. Willie Nelson singing ”The Rainbow Connection” in the background.

 

[mom2rtk]

I haven't seen them because as much as I've been looking forward to new programming, I'm also not ready for story lines connected to Covid. I'm a little afraid to look and see if that's what they've all done.

I'm currently on Homeland season 6. Then I'm queuing up 9 seasons of 24. By the time I get to the new stuff on my DVR, maybe the pandemic will be over.

 

[fla4fun]

I have two holiday favorites that always make me smile. One is the classic Hershey’s Kisses handbell commercial. The other is the kid shaking the gifts in the Temptations cat snack commercial and the herd of cats chasing him down the street. That one cracks me up every time it comes on! I would rather see funny commercials than heartwarming ones this year.

 

[MillauFr]

I haven’t seen any yet because I avoid all ads as much as possible. Maybe we will see some during the Saints game later.

Anything is better than political ads!

Ditto. I use Ad Blocker + so I don't see most of the ads.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Ditto. I use Ad Blocker + so I don't see most of the ads.

I was referring to TV ads.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I do like this Etsy one. Grabs me. Probably because I relate to it with my grandkids.

 

[mrodgers]

This is the only Christmas commercial I care to see. My fellow western PA and probably eastern Ohio members will understand. Been seeing this commercial since I was 10 in 1982. It is on par with Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolf, and.... Die Hard and Lethal Weapon. It's not the holiday season until I've seen these all.

 

[shh]

has anyone seen the target and publix commercials showing a group gathered together in celebration with no masks? Especially Target - last scene of ad shows adults all drinking, laughing celebrating new year's eve style. I only saw it once and never again - wondering if it was pulled due to comments/negative reaction.

I agree with earlier poster on the funny ones - especially the cats chasing the guy with the treats. We need HUMOR this season - and lots of it!!!

 

[wenrob]

I haven't seen them because as much as I've been looking forward to new programming, I'm also not ready for story lines connected to Covid. I'm a little afraid to look and see if that's what they've all done.

I'm currently on Homeland season 6. Then I'm queuing up 9 seasons of 24. By the time I get to the new stuff on my DVR, maybe the pandemic will be over.

I don’t know what you watch but if you watch “Chicago Wednesday” do NOT watch Med. My DH came into the living room to find me sobbing. It was all COVID tragedy and no storyline. Fire, they were wearing masks and acknowledged it but that was it. PD, they had on Gators but didn’t really mention it. Because of Med I hesitated to watch Grey’s but they did a really good job. Their storylines while dealing with COVID. My friend said The Good Doctor upset her. She had COVID and is not easily shaken so maybe caution there. And if you watch none of these maybe it will help someone else.

On topic, I haven’t really seen many because I rarely watch anything live but as I was skipping commercials one made me rewind: John Travolta and Samual Jackson for Capital One Shopping. Travolta’s Santa kept asking if Jackson “is off the naughty words.” Made me giggle.

 

[MillauFr]

I was referring to TV ads.

Yes I figured. Can't wait until they come out with an Ad Block Plus that works on the TV too. We could actually watch an NFL game in less than 2 hours.

 

[mom2rtk]

I don’t know what you watch but if you watch “Chicago Wednesday” do NOT watch Med. My DH came into the living room to find me sobbing. It was all COVID tragedy and no storyline. Fire, they were wearing masks and acknowledged it but that was it. PD, they had on Gators but didn’t really mention it. Because of Med I hesitated to watch Grey’s but they did a really good job. Their storylines while dealing with COVID. My friend said The Good Doctor upset her. She had COVID and is not easily shaken so maybe caution there. And if you watch none of these maybe it will help someone else.

On topic, I haven’t really seen many because I rarely watch anything live but as I was skipping commercials one made me rewind: John Travolta and Samual Jackson for Capital One Shopping. Travolta’s Santa kept asking if Jackson “is off the naughty words.” Made me giggle.

Med is the only one I watch. It's on my DVR right now. Thank you for the heads up. I'll leave it for an unspecified later date. Same with Good Doctor. Thank you!

I'll go ahead with Grey's on your analysis.

 

[Kitty 34]

Commercials or not......Christmas might be depressing to many this year.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Commercials or not......Christmas might be depressing to many this year.

My Christmas was absolutely awful last year, so this will be an improvement even with a pandemic!

I don’t mean to make light of it, though. I know people will struggle. I’m just ready to come out on the other side.

 

[lynxstch]

I haven't seen them because as much as I've been looking forward to new programming, I'm also not ready for story lines connected to Covid. I'm a little afraid to look and see if that's what they've all done.

I'm currently on Homeland season 6. Then I'm queuing up 9 seasons of 24. By the time I get to the new stuff on my DVR, maybe the pandemic will be over.

So far those are the only storylines I've seen. NCIS NO, NICS LA, SWAT Chicago Med , Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Greys Anatomy, Station 19, The Good Dr, so far all have had covid storylines. If they keep this up, I will stop watching most of them. I have had enough covid to last me a lifetime, I want new shows to cheer me up, not depress me more!

 

[lynxstch]

I don’t know what you watch but if you watch “Chicago Wednesday” do NOT watch Med. My DH came into the living room to find me sobbing. It was all COVID tragedy and no storyline. Fire, they were wearing masks and acknowledged it but that was it. PD, they had on Gators but didn’t really mention it. Because of Med I hesitated to watch Grey’s but they did a really good job. Their storylines while dealing with COVID. My friend said The Good Doctor upset her. She had COVID and is not easily shaken so maybe caution there. And if you watch none of these maybe it will help someone else.

On topic, I haven’t really seen many because I rarely watch anything live but as I was skipping commercials one made me rewind: John Travolta and Samual Jackson for Capital One Shopping. Travolta’s Santa kept asking if Jackson “is off the naughty words.” Made me giggle.

I totally agree,,I was just about in tears..but I was also almost in tears at Greys and Station 19. Too depressing