Politically incorrect Christmas adverts

There is only 12 days of Christmas

So why are there 24 doors in an Advent Calendar?

you being serious?

Regardless of the message, which might be spot on, there are rules that the Advertising Standards Authority have to follow otherwise less edifying messages start to appear in all manner of advertisements. If I were to put my cynical hat on I am sure Iceland were well aware that their advertisement would not meet the required standard but realised that the banning of the ad would give them a lot of (positive?) publicity? 

As to Christmas stock not being put on sale until after Remembrance Day that would be completely silly. There are currently tens of thousands of retail jobs at risk and such a course of action would just make that a whole lot worse! I think most people can make the distinction between an act of remembrance and Christmas shopping. 

David

Maybe we should make hay while the sun shines with high street Christmas shopping. With large high street stores closing at an ever increasing rate, it can’t be many years before the decorations fizzle down to minor shop displays set amongst the empty shells of department stores. Decorative wreaths on Google and Amazon pages just don’t have the same buzz. On a positive note, online shopping reduces traffic along with its pollution. And food for thought - how are councils going to replace lost council tax revenues and car park charges?

As many have posted, Iceland are on course for viral sharing of their advert. I bet that John Lewis doesn’t match that.

Look up Christmas creep on WIKI, many stores start selling Christmas goods on October 1, I have seen related goods on sale in USA in October

As the marketing folk say, if their advertising work gets noticed, gets attention, gets talked about then it's doing its job. Banning it I'd bet even promotes the message further!

It’s all about this Guy👍🏻😊, as soon as we hit Autumn He’s good to go in my book. No such thing as too much-St Nicholas, Santa Claus, Kris Kringle, Papa Noel, Pelznickel, Sinter Klaas👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Have a renaming like the Caravan Club, lets call it 'Credit Card' day or 'Debt Day'. Maybe pen a new carol titled 'I want I want I want' dedicated to the children who have become retail brand snobs, and turn their nose up at the same thing but minus the logo.

This is what is important at Xmas and many spend the next year paying off those debts, for those clothes now gone out of fashion and those toys thrown in a forgotten corner somewhere.

 

 Merry Xmas

Fair point, but to that I’d say-‘just say no’(with thanks to the anti Drug ads of yesteryear👍🏻) it ain’t too hard🤔. Children are moulded into what Parents want/allow☹️

Went through our local Intu shopping centre earlier in the week and noticed a wall with a big array of poppies on it. Went through again yesterday and all the poppies had completely gone but there was more Christmas decorations up. Very disrespectful in my opinion. Couldn't they have waited until at least after today?