# Are there any Christmas commercials you LIKE? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200 "2010-12-23T17:37:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/1 "2010-12-23T17:37:49Z")
There are two that I can think of. I’ve always been fond of the Coca Cola polar bears. They were slow-moving, gentle, and well… sweet. Also I don’t recall a lot of talking in those commercials. There’s one that I haven’t seen in many years, and I’m not even sure it aired all over the country. It was for Whataburger. (Are there Whataburgers outside of Texas- I really don’t know.) This commercial had no dialogue at all (maybe that’s the KEY to a good commercial, eh?). It showed a middle-aged cowboy in a sheepskin jacket and Stetson riding through a snowy landscape at dusk. Then in the middle of a clearing he comes upon about a 25-foot pine tree decorated with lights. He stops to look at it. That’s it. There was probably some music in the background, but it must have been very subtle, as I can’t remember it. I believe at the very end the word “Whataburger” appeared on the screen, and possibly “Seasons Greetings” or something. I get goosebumps just remembering this. The beginning of it was so gentle that it always engaged my attention and it was always a lovely surprise when he rides into the clearing and sees that tree. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/2 "2010-12-23T17:55:01Z")
The [Folgers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOQk_pWmisA) one where the guy comes home from West Africa warms my heart. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/3 "2010-12-23T18:00:17Z")
Eat ‘n’ Park’s Christmas tree commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/4 "2010-12-23T20:59:18Z")
The latest Christmas Coke commercial, with Santa and the snow globe. They play it on Hulu shows a lot. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TMwBFK2qHI) I liked it enough the first few times to show my little girl, which was a mistake because now every few hours she wants mommy to play the “Santa show”. Still, as commercials go, it’s bearable. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/5 "2010-12-23T21:13:32Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The [Folgers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOQk_pWmisA) one where the guy comes home from West Africa warms my heart. Dangit, woman. Why must you make me cry? Yeah, that one. Which I knew it was even before I clicked the link, but clicked the link anyway. Where’s the Kleenex? There’s another one, not in the heartwarming genre, which leaves me giggling like a schoolgirl every time I see it. It’s for some phone company (I don’t remember which one, so it’s obviously a failure as an actual ad) with this little orange (or maybe he’s pink?) Ugly Doll looking dude. When the QWERTY keyboard pops out, he faints. He’s just so CUTE! And something about his excited/overwhelmed little sound, rising to a squeak right before he passes out, just tickles my funnybone. ---
**Author:** ![whereismymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/49beb7/32.png) [@whereismymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whereismymind)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/6 "2010-12-23T21:18:27Z")
um… hell no! ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/7 "2010-12-23T21:23:00Z")
[Corona](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xSrXpYGXCg&feature=youtube_gdata_player) has my favorite one probably because I love a green Christmas at the beach and it reminds me of home. ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/8 "2010-12-23T21:37:46Z")
I always liked the [Silent Night](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSnMeiOPtLQ) Pampers commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/9 "2010-12-23T22:55:10Z")
I like the Target [Toy Jackpot](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DacatsJtDiY) commercial - the kids look like they’re having a genuine ball, and there’s something endearing about the Zhu Zhu trundling along backwards. I also really like [You’ll Never Find My Christmas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wk7wELVXLI&feature=channel) - it shows all I love best about Christmas, that pleasurable thrill of fooling your loved ones to give them a great surprise. I downloaded both those songs and added them to my Christmas mix, along with [Mrs. Claus Ain’t Got Nothin’ On Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9P0wpgshNY&feature=related), which has an OK commercial, but I really like the song. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/10 "2010-12-23T22:59:19Z")
[This one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHoZCBTYkcs&feature=player_embedded) from Dodge is pretty cool, I like how they trim their tree. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/11 "2010-12-23T23:31:50Z")
> [@Monstera\_deliciosa](#): > > I always liked the [Silent Night](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSnMeiOPtLQ) Pampers commercial. Yep. That’s the one I was gonna mention, but I couldn’t remember what the ad was for. Babeeeeeez! Sleeping! I’m also liking the one for Best Buy – the one where the snowman’s head falls off. And the one mentioned by **WhyNot** – that one is cute, and the one where one of the critters drags his foot, like he’s being shy. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/12 "2010-12-23T23:50:49Z")
[This one, with a catchy song and adorable guy,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VT4VQ-qhW8) keeps being taken down by the idiots at the company it’s advertising, who for some reason don’t like people watching their advertising, so I’m not going to help the company by listing the product, but I really like this commercial. I’ve never seen it anywhere but being played in movie theaters, where I saw it for several years. I haven’t seen it this year even though I’ve been to the same theaters, and I miss it. Every single thing about it is as alien to me as a science fiction movie, but I still love it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/13 "2010-12-24T00:08:22Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The [Folgers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOQk_pWmisA) one where the guy comes home from West Africa warms my heart. That commercial seems to be an update on [this old one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4kNl7cQdcU), in which the older brother comes home from college. And I’ve always liked [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knidq8QClHw) for M&Ms. Red M&M: “He _does_ exist.” Santa: “They _do_ exist.” [Santa faints.] Yellow M&M: “Uh, Santa?” ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/14 "2010-12-25T19:34:15Z")
I’ve always loved this one, The CBS Season’s Greetings one from the 1960s. I think that they played it every year till about 1984. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MUWMjUjit_U/hqdefault.jpg "R.O. Blechman CBS Christmas Message (1966)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUWMjUjit_U) Best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/15 "2010-12-25T20:16:35Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The [Folgers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOQk_pWmisA) one where the guy comes home from West Africa warms my heart. The brother and sister are totally doing it. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/16 "2010-12-25T20:34:47Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/17 "2010-12-26T00:41:09Z")
i like “mayhem” being a christmas tree. the mayhem commercials crack me up. the target one with the “major award” is very funny. ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/18 "2010-12-26T00:46:38Z")
[This classic from Virgin Mobile](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73vcbde8Cb8&feature=related) is still the best holiday commercial ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/19 "2010-12-26T02:15:43Z")
“I didn’t give him cookies, I gave him CHEESE!” ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200/20 "2010-12-26T02:50:15Z")
> [@MegaBee](#): > > Eat ‘n’ Park’s Christmas tree commercial. I miss that commercial. My fave is the Hershy Kisses bell choir doing “We Wish You A Merry Xmas” and the one at the end going “Whew!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christmas-commercials-you-like/565200.md?page=2)