The World Cup(ish) of Christmas Ads

The World Cup(ish) of Christmas Ads

It’s that time of year again where everyone looks for anything to do other than real hard work so we thought we would help you find another distraction by creating a World Cup of Christmas Ads.

We use the phrase “World Cup” lightly as we have been rather biased to the UK here, so apologies in advance…although to be fair they are all incredible ads!

Most of these timeless ads have won Cannes Lions, but we included a few extras that were not entered but are still some of the all-time favourites.

Without further ado, below are the 4 groups of ads, and you can vote for your favourite below each group section.

Voting for the Group Stages is open until Monday, 13 December 2021, 12pm UK time.

Let the Christmas Ad World(ish) Cup begin… 🎄🎅⛄️

Group 1

1. The Sorry I Spent It On Myself collection

Harvey Nichols by Adam&EveDDB London, 2014

2. Come Together

H&M by Adam&EveDDB London, 2017

3. Home Alone again

Google Assistant by Google, 2017

4. The Boy and the Piano

John Lewis by Adam&EveDDB London, 2018


Group 2


1. Home for Christmas

Edeka by Jung von Matt, Hamburg 2016

2. The Long Wait

John Lewis by Adam&EveDDB London, 2012

3. Mistletoe

Yellow Pages by AMVBBDO, London 1992

4. English for Beginners

Allegro by Bardzo, Warsaw 2016



Group 3

1. Monty’s Christmas

John Lewis by Adam&EveDDB London, 2015

2. Holidays Are Coming

Coca-Cola by W.B. Doner, USA 1995

3. Mog’s Christmas Calamity

Sainsbury's by AMV BBDO, 2015

4. Summer Wonderland

Air New Zealand by Host, New Zealand 2017

Group 4

1. The Supporting Act

BBC by Blink, London 2018

2. Christmas 2117

Edeka by Jung von Matt, Hamburg 2017

3. The Bear and the Hare

John Lewis by Adam&EveDDB London, 2013

4. 1914: A Christmas Truce

Sainsbury's by AMV BBDO, 2016

Thank you for voting and hope those ads gave you all the good feels and please do feel free to share this with your friends :)

Look out for the next round of the #WorldCupOfChristmasAds on 13 December 2021. 🥊

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The World(ish) Cup of Christmas Ads - Quarter-Finals 🏆

The World(ish) Cup of Christmas Ads - Quarter-Finals 🏆

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