Britain Wallows in Warmth of Christmas Ads

As Christmas nears, in an attempt to get customers to part with their cash, British television screens are filled with heart-warming tales of lonely penguins, family reunions and homesick soldiers. More and more retailers are ditching traditional product adverts for mini movies about love and friendship that have become a national talking point, ranked against each other by the media and subject to parody online. High-street department store John Lewis, ...