Even the Christmas commercials are depressing!

[ArielFlounderSebastian357]

I'm not sure how I feel about this one. I appreciate that they are taking into consideration all those memories from years ago from traditions that we are probably missing this year so that makes me sad, their tag line "togetherness, the greatest gift of all"..well we can't be together so I feel like that was a misstep (or I just felt down and didn't take it the way they wanted me to) but I do feel like they were trying to get us to remember just because this year is different doesn't mean we can't still have things that make us feel together even if we can't be together.

I'm still unsure if I'm okay with the commercial or if it's too much covid talk/feeling

 

[design_mom]

I really like the amazon commercial with the ballerina (I haven't seen that one on TV yet, just here).

Meijer, a midwestern regional grocery chain, is airing this commercial. I think it's terrible. They at least need a family hug at the end or *something.* It's just depressing.

 

[Heigh-Ho]

I really like the amazon commercial with the ballerina (I haven't seen that one on TV yet, just here).

Meijer, a midwestern regional grocery chain, is airing this commercial. I think it's terrible. They at least need a family hug at the end or *something.* It's just depressing.

wow I think that wins it so far for the most depressing. If that's what I have to look forward to I don't think I want "christmas coming"..

 

[easyas123]

Dang - that is a downer of a commercial.

 

[AlohaNow]

Meijer, a midwestern regional grocery chain, is airing this commercial. I think it's terrible. They at least need a family hug at the end or *something.* It's just depressing.

Wow, that was terrible. Not a good thing when the overall vibe of a Christmas commercial seems to be "Let's all hold hands and jump off a bridge together."

 

[QueenIsabella]

That Meijer ad is awful. What are they trying to sell, the suicide hotline?

 

[design_mom]

Here's a slightly funny story about another Meijer holiday commercial.

When my son (he's 20 now) was around 4 years old, we had a radio in his room that we'd play quietly as he was falling asleep -- kind of like "white noise." It originally had a built-in CD player we used to play a children's CD, but the CD player part broke, so we tuned it to the easy-listening radio station.

Around Christmas time he was suddenly afraid of a ghost. He said the ghost was called Hoddy Expects and kept coming into his room at night and scaring him. I really thought it was an "I need a drink of water" ploy, so I sent him back to bed, repeatedly over multiple nights. Then, one night, as I was putting him to bed he yelled "There he is, mommy! Hoddy Expects!"

It was a Meijer radio commercial. In it, the Ghost of Holiday Expense (not Hoddy Expects) was haunting a guy because he had overpaid for his holiday gifts (picture sound effects of dragging chains and "oooooh OOOOHHH" ghost moaning). The guy in the commercial vowed that next year, he'd shop at Meijer where prices are low, so he won't be haunted by Holiday Expense anymore.

After that, I felt terrible and we bought a new clock-radio with another CD player, but I wonder if anybody at Meijer realized that commercial would terrify some preschoolers. ;-)

 

[ArielFlounderSebastian357]

Oh my goodness who let that commercial get past the drawing room!

 

[fla4fun]

They do show the original on tv but I just happen to see the new version today. Couldn't they just have picked a different song to use for the new commercial? I didn't like the abrupt interruption (good description). It's a classic commercial and some of what we need right now is to remember a time before all of this. Make a new commercial for Hershey kisses but don't mess with the old one

Totally agree! There are certain things that mean Christmas to me, and one of them is the little “Whew!” at the end of the Kiss commercial. They could play a new commercial alongside the old one. But this mish mash of old and new has become the focus of my 2020 pet peeve list, especially since the “new“ music sounds like a marching band traversing my living room. Hershey said they were going to alternate the old commercial with the new, but I haven’t seen the old commercial on tv since the new one was released on the 23rd. I am having flashbacks to the whole New Coke fiasco . . .

 

[ronandannette]

wow I think that wins it so far for the most depressing. If that's what I have to look forward to I don't think I want "christmas coming"..

Watch it with no audio and try to guess what it might be advertising. My guess was grief counselling.

 

[Disneefun]

Totally agree! There are certain things that mean Christmas to me, and one of them is the little “Whew!” at the end of the Kiss commercial. They could play a new commercial alongside the old one. But this mish mash of old and new has become the focus of my 2020 pet peeve list, especially since the “new“ music sounds like a marching band traversing my living room. Hershey said they were going to alternate the old commercial with the new, but I haven’t seen the old commercial on tv since the new one was released on the 23rd. I am having flashbacks to the whole New Coke fiasco . . .

I get ragey when I see the new one and I want to smack that kid for taking the kiss away from its friends and performance! It'd be the same if someone took the Cadbury bunny, animated him on a computer, and had him drive a Ferrari through a barnyard with a "chick" in the passenger seat yelling "The Easter Bunny's a'comin, so get your Cadbury eggs now!" But maybe that's just me...

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Totally agree! There are certain things that mean Christmas to me, and one of them is the little “Whew!” at the end of the Kiss commercial. They could play a new commercial alongside the old one. But this mish mash of old and new has become the focus of my 2020 pet peeve list, especially since the “new“ music sounds like a marching band traversing my living room. Hershey said they were going to alternate the old commercial with the new, but I haven’t seen the old commercial on tv since the new one was released on the 23rd. I am having flashbacks to the whole New Coke fiasco . . .

I sent an email to Hershey's about it. They sent one back, basically saying Thanks for contacting us. We'll forward your comments to our Marketing department.

I sent them another email saying, "don't mess with a classic, just make a new commercial, if you want a new one. Don't kill a classic"

 

[Diznygrl]

Well the good news is that someone at Hershey's may be listening. I FINALLY saw the original, unadulterated Kiss commercial on Youtube, and now when they show the new little girl one, the bell segment is completely removed from it.

 

[kymom99]

The Disney one with the carrousel of progress song is a killer

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Well the good news is that someone at Hershey's may be listening. I FINALLY saw the original, unadulterated Kiss commercial on Youtube, and now when they show the new little girl one, the bell segment is completely removed from it.

Haven't seen it yet. Hope someone's listening.

Of, of course, they'll say "that was our plan all along".

 

[Kitty 34]

I really like the amazon commercial with the ballerina (I haven't seen that one on TV yet, just here).

Meijer, a midwestern regional grocery chain, is airing this commercial. I think it's terrible. They at least need a family hug at the end or *something.* It's just depressing.

Just all doom and gloom.

 

[ronandannette]

This Year's WestJet Christmas Miracle. Yes, it's a little heartwrenching compared to the warm-and-fuzzy promotions but still worth a look:

WestJet Christmas Miracle: the season to give | WestJet official site

 

[sam_gordon]

i actually lost my mind a bit the other day when I watched a Publix commercial with big huge groups of people getting together for Thanksgiving. It ended with "its not what is on the table that matters, it is who is around it". Um yeah bad choice. It was played literally right after a news piece where they were BEGGING people to not gather for the holiday. I actually emailed Publix and expressed to them how irresponsible I felt it was to play this commercial right now, and they wrote back (good for them!) saying that they had actually pulled the commercial. Okay, good choice, we all make mistakes. Well, the next night I am wrapping Christmas gifts in front of the news (yes, I know its early but it was cheering me up) and what comes on...yep, the SAME FREAKING COMMERCIAL. Ugh. I will not ever give Publix any of my $$ from this point on. So incredibly tone deaf. And depressing.

It might not actually be Publix's "fault". They would notify their ad agency (whether internal or external), the ad agency would have to notify the TV stations, and the stations would need to pull (or replace) the bad ad. The breakdown could be anywhere in that process.

I really like the amazon commercial with the ballerina (I haven't seen that one on TV yet, just here).

Meijer, a midwestern regional grocery chain, is airing this commercial. I think it's terrible. They at least need a family hug at the end or *something.* It's just depressing.

Who the heck is airing a commercial that's 1:50?

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

This Year's WestJet Christmas Miracle. Yes, it's a little heartwrenching compared to the warm-and-fuzzy promotions but still worth a look:

WestJet Christmas Miracle: the season to give | WestJet official site

Thanks for sharing that

 

[tarheelmjfan]

This Year's WestJet Christmas Miracle. Yes, it's a little heartwrenching compared to the warm-and-fuzzy promotions but still worth a look:

WestJet Christmas Miracle: the season to give | WestJet official site

That was great!