Do you have yearly christmas ads for specific shops??

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lezzerlee@reddit

The Corona Christmas commercial has been airing since 1990 https://youtu.be/7xSrXpYGXCg?si=kGoMxvMQlNKiks7R

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TrulyKristan@reddit

My favorite Christmas commercials when I was a kid (80’s, born in 79) were the McDonald’s commercials and the Fruity Pebbles Flintstones commercial. “Ho ho ho I’m huh huh hungry!”

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Wow, reading these comments makes me realize just how long it's been since I've watched TV. I couldn't think of any Christmas specific ads, but once reminded, I definitely remember seeing the M&M and Coke ads as a kid.

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AshTheGoddamnRobot@reddit

Shops? Not really. Products? Yes. The most iconic being the Hershey kisses "We wish you a merry Christmas" Theres also the iconic Santa Claus Coca-Cola and Santa M&M ones

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Nightmare_Gerbil@reddit

Shops have Xmas ads, too. Old Navy, the Gap, Walmart, McDonald’s, Best Buy, all the jewelry stores… loads of shops do seasonal advertising.

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AshTheGoddamnRobot@reddit

Yea but I cant recall any memorable ones

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Nightmare_Gerbil@reddit

Just out of curiosity… do you remember [the 2009 Gap Xmas ad](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dyPSzjaCWOI)? I love that one!

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AshTheGoddamnRobot@reddit

Not at all lol I remember lots of ads from 2009 but not this one in particular. In 2009 most of what I was watching was Adult Swim and ads for GAP kids were prob not what they were airing lol

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vvooper@reddit

not a shop, but eatn park, a restaurant chain local to western pennsylvania, has a christmas commercial that has been airing since 1982

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clekas@reddit

I miss Eat ‘N Park - we used to have several around NE Ohio, including an hour drive or so from the PA border, but now the only Ohio locations are much closer to the OH/PA border - I could still go to one, but it’s not convenient for me anymore.

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pirawalla22@reddit

People are referring to the "classic" Christmas ads that tend to run year after year, but lots of companies make new ads for Christmas each year. If you watch media that involves ads, from now until December 25 you will see tons of Christmas-specific ads from all kinds of companies.

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clekas@reddit

Yep! I have seen them for a lot of big retailers already this year - Target, Walmart, Kohl’s, Amazon.

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dsramsey@reddit

Not an answer to your question, but we were in London for our honeymoon about a decade ago and the Christmas ads are a vivid memory. Even American brands like McDonald’s had ads that were like “come home to family togetherness — at McDonald’s” (or that vibe), while in the US it’s (as we put it): “we have food. Stick it in your mouth and eat it.”

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Ristrettooo@reddit

Yes, tons and tons of them. [This m&m’s commercial has been running since 1996.](https://youtu.be/iE8CJwXSPRs)

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G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit

Coca-Cola is another one. The polar bears have become iconic.

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Yankee_chef_nen@reddit

Coke stole the polar bears from Polar Beverages in Worcester, Ma. For years before coke had polar bear commercials Polar had a huge inflatable polar bear on their billboard next to the interstate in Worcester. I miss that bear.

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stupidrobots@reddit

THEY DO EXIST

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lyndseymariee@reddit

There is one specific to Oklahoma. A jewelry store plays the same commercial with the same jingle every year. If you grew up in Oklahoma, you know the words by heart. You can listen to it here if you’re curious: https://youtu.be/mo1RLKcqxew?si=mdDEBh0IiRyzT02B

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bloopidupe@reddit

The Hess trucks back and it's better than ever!

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Sooner70@reddit

If you're from Oklahoma, it ain't Christmas until you hear [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo1RLKcqxew). And I'd lay odds that anyone from central Oklahoma knew what that link lead to before they clicked it.

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HughLouisDewey@reddit

Yes, there are Christmas ads from various companies that get replayed every year like a treasured memory. [This one from Hershey's has aired every Christmas since 1989](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HtSLF4vlrk) [This one from M&M's has played since 1996](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE8CJwXSPRs) [Campbell's Soup, every year since 1993](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2ICzdBH0yY)

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Hurts_My_Soul@reddit

That Hershey's one is just \*chefs kiss\*

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nomoregroundhogs@reddit

It’s not Christmas until you see it

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wormbreath@reddit

It’s the best. And the little 😮‍💨

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WarrenMulaney@reddit

Folgers coffee Christmas commercial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMwFWDIFVCU ROLL TIDE!

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Hatweed@reddit

[Have you seen the extended cut?](https://youtu.be/CKgKPGBa9EQ?si=VPoNpWUQvECLQ4Xm)

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CupBeEmpty@reddit

But you should be drinking decaf coffee crystals anyway https://youtu.be/VdQKVDUBu2g?si=H3vOS8ERGeR5NSrJ

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WarrenMulaney@reddit

Yes. It's amazing.

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Sad_Reindeer7860@reddit

[The Pennsylvania Lottery has been running this commercial every Christmas season longer than I've been alive](https://youtu.be/HArsfNXsADg?si=4yETrWjge_juWoGK) They even shot-for-shot refilmed it when TV switched to hi-def around 2008. "thanks. What a great gift" in the campiest way possible

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Current_Poster@reddit

Not a dumb question. And even if it were, the holiday season makes me feel kindly and generous. ;) There are a few national ads (Hershey's Kisses' "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" bell-choir ad, the Noelco ad for NorelCo (who make shavers), Coke's polar bears, etc). Target does a thing where they pick a non-Christmassy song as their ad-campaign's holiday theme song (One year it was "Love Will Keep Us Together", for instance). I can't speak for every local area, but local stores do this too (if they advertise on TV), though sometimes in terms of "Holiday" than strictly Christmas. Commercially speaking, the starters'-pistol for the holiday season is Thanksgiving (a couple of weeks from now)- people always complain about it creeping back (almost to Halloween by now), but it seriously begins on what's called "Black Friday" (the day after Thanksgiving), and all the TV ads, holiday music in stores, etc, starts by then.

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idekkanymoree_@reddit (OP)

Thank you for the detailed and least dehumanising answer :)

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TillikumWasFramed@reddit

You're asking Americans if we have ads for certain things. We have ads for everything. Babies come out of their mothers with ads on their foreheads. When we look into an electrical outlet, we see Google ads for local electricians. So, whatever the topic, you can be sure we have ads.

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wormbreath@reddit

Taco johns does a nachos Navidad and they play Feliz navidad in the commercial for it and it ends with “I wanna wish you a merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart….and from taco johns” and I can not hear or sing that song without ending it with that.

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Hatweed@reddit

There’s one that airs in the Pittsburgh area every year since 1982, the [Eat’n Park Christmas Tree commercial.](https://youtu.be/P3NhDtfZmd0?si=9EQpNxpC5hCKkgz_)

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WarrenMulaney@reddit

Of course. And some of these ads air as early as October. It's ridiculous.

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AgnosticAsian@reddit

And every single one of the ads will either play Jingle Bell or the one Mariah Carey song I will not speak the name of lest it summons dark forces beyond our comprehension.

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