The Iceland christmas advert scares me

[Over The Hill]

Horrid yes but on the plus side it does make a refreshing change from all those ads drip feeding their "you will have a perfect victorian christmas if you buy our product" message.

I know I will sound a grumpy old git for saying this but by the time we get to Christmas we have had about two months of build up, adverts, frantic shopping and all the associated rubbish and I am really a bit fed up with it when the day finally does arrive.

 

[brokenbetty]

Horrid yes but on the plus side it does make a refreshing change from all those ads drip feeding their "you will have a perfect victorian christmas if you buy our product" message.

Ah that's true. The ickiness of the Iceland can can is nothing compared to the marrow freezing horror of the latest instalment in Jamie Oliver's imaginary perfect life over on channel Sainsbury.

 

[Corvette chic]

kerching..... 700 but apart from that I try not to watch TV adverts in fact I've been known to switch off other people's whom I've been visiting (whilst they're out of the room I might add ) If it was up to me I wouldn't have one in the house but it ain't so I try and avoid it at all costs

 

[Headgardener]

Christmas for me starts at 00:00 on the 25 December and ends at 23:59.59 on the same day. As for the Iceland ad well it was indescribeable so I won't.

P.S. I do like Christmas just don't like the commercialization of it all.

 

[Over The Hill]

Ah that's true. The ickiness of the Iceland can can is nothing compared to the marrow freezing horror of the latest instalment in Jamie Oliver's imaginary perfect life over on channel Sainsbury.

I am SO pleased to see your post - I really thought it was only me.


It will just not be a proper christmas unless it snows, the new sofa arrives before the big day, there is an orange stuck in the middle of the christmas pud* and of course the sales start!


*new entry for this year - thanks Heston.

 

[ventoux50]

I find the Iceland ads very unsettling, not exactly sure why, just the whole package seems so very wrong in some way, uncomfortable viewing on so many levels, and as for the close ups of the little yorkshire puds with folded beef flaps inside - man that is positively sexually devious. deviant.


But then so is Jason Donovan


(isn't he ?)

 

[Shaun]

As my daughter is currently fond of saying: "OMFG!"

 

[upsidedown]

The shots of the middle aged dancers are a bit 'specialist'.

Agree the orange in the pudding thing is very odd, like those duck inside a goose inside a swan or whatever they are that they sell.

"Beef flaps" !! Love it. Wasn't there a line in Benidorm about that ?

 

[Bird Brain]

It's not as bad as the Halifax adverts.

 

[dellzeqq]

Ah that's true. The ickiness of the Iceland can can is nothing compared to the marrow freezing horror of the latest instalment in Jamie Oliver's imaginary perfect life over on channel Sainsbury.

damn right. I realise he does some good stuff with the dough, but the ads are just a celebration of life after the lobotomy

 

[Spinney]

It's not as bad as the Halifax adverts.

Yup. Opened a new Halifax ISA account by phone recently. Near the end of the conversation:

'Why did you choose Halifax, madam?'

'In spite of the bloody adverts, not because of them!'

 

[ventoux50]

OMG theyr'e on again - since this was posted I'm taking a lot more notice of the ads now - they are so cringeworthy !!

Still I'd rather watch them than that old fart McKeith !

 

[brokenbetty]

To add to the fear, the Iceland ads are being played on heavy rotation during Twin Peaks on the Horror channel.

Red drapes....

Red drapes....

Red drapes...

This can't be a coincidence

 

[subaqua]

To add to the fear, the Iceland ads are being played on heavy rotation during Twin Peaks on the Horror channel.

Red drapes....

Red drapes....

Red drapes...

This can't be a coincidence

i was forced to watch an afternoon of christmas videos yesterday on Magic and iceland were blanket coverage in the ad breaks. its all a little bit rocky horror, and JD did make a good Frank in that.

having the "saucy" ladies might mean that "Dads go to Iceland"

 

[Bird Brain]

Yup. Opened a new Halifax ISA account by phone recently. Near the end of the conversation:

'Why did you choose Halifax, madam?'

'In spite of the bloody adverts, not because of them!'