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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2017 7:53:07 GMT
Here's a British ad i found - about the Nativity scene... did they have to to put all those pearl necklaces on that young girl?
Maybe they were trying to make the costume look homemade? (tongue in cheek) I think most angels might take exception to the idea that they wear pearls.
(tongue in cheek)
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Post by jasonward on Dec 17, 2017 15:38:45 GMT
Seems fairly typical of many Christmas adverts to me.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2017 17:54:17 GMT
I think the idea was the angels are supposed to be really shiny and sparkly but the Gates of Heaven are made of pearls so that really seems odd. Why is she wearing material the gates are made of? :-)
It's like that joke about the man who knew Christ as Savior but he was really rich and convinced God to let him bring one bag with him to Heaven. He brought it up there and when he got there he was told, all the things you could bring and you brought pavement? Because the gold he brought was what they make the streets with.
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Post by jasonward on Dec 17, 2017 20:09:07 GMT
I think you over thinking it.
Also if your not from the UK, you may not get the context of what Christmas is here, it increasingly is anything other than a religious festival, even where it is religious it often often contains and is rolled up with the Muslim Eid and Jewish Hanukkah plus any other faith that has a late December festival.
But with largest group of people now identifying themselves as having "No religion" (48.5% of the population in 2014) and with 40% of those brought up in one of the Christian traditions now saying they have "No religion" the number of people identifying as Christian in the UK is falling quite dramatically, whilst those of no faith are rising just as dramatically.
In that context, much of what you see on TV in the form of adverts is not a nod to any religious aspect but the "dressings" and "symbols" associated with a festival that is seen to involve present giving, drinking and eating to excess, family with symbolism largely derived from Pagan, Christian but devoid of the religious meaning, plus Coca-Cola (who gave us the modern image of Father Christmas) and heavily influenced by retailers and their desire to see the general populace spend their money in the shops.
Morrisons advert is about British Culture and exploiting peoples feelings about family and giving, and virtually nothing at all to do with any Christian message or belief.
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Post by relativetime on Dec 17, 2017 21:36:25 GMT
I think you over thinking it. Also if your not from the UK, you may not get the context of what Christmas is here, it increasingly is anything other than a religious festival, even where it is religious it often often contains and is rolled up with the Muslim Eid and Jewish Hanukkah plus any other faith that has a late December festival. But with largest group of people now identifying themselves as having "No religion" (48.5% of the population in 2014) and with 40% of those brought up in one of the Christian traditions now saying they have "No religion" the number of people identifying as Christian in the UK is falling quite dramatically, whilst those of no faith are rising just as dramatically. In that context, much of what you see on TV in the form of adverts is not a nod to any religious aspect but the "dressings" and "symbols" associated with a festival that is seen to involve present giving, drinking and eating to excess, family with symbolism largely derived from Pagan, Christian but devoid of the religious meaning, plus Coca-Cola (who gave us the modern image of Father Christmas) and heavily influenced by retailers and their desire to see the general populace spend their money in the shops. Morrisons advert is about British Culture and exploiting peoples feelings about family and giving, and virtually nothing at all to do with any Christian message or belief. Speaking as an American, I think it's much the same here - particularly amongst people below their 40s. Most of the themes I see here are more about family, gift-giving, and commercialism. Yeah, there are influences from Christian and Pagan beliefs, but it's not really about celebrating Christianity itself for me and a lot of other people around my age. |
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Post by Timelord007 on Dec 18, 2017 8:45:42 GMT
I just skip through em when i recorded a programme.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2017 11:28:44 GMT
I can't think of many Christmas ads that are overtly religious these days, and like Simon I skip them on my Sky+ recordings... I do love the Coca-Cola 'The Holidays are Coming' adverts though, that's when you know it's Christmas.
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Post by sherlock on Dec 18, 2017 11:30:36 GMT
Most ads are similar to this these days, religious iconography is very rarely involved. British Christmas ads have become something of a competition to be the most heart-warming.
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