A British supermarket chain said on Friday their Christmas advert has been banned for being too political because it shows palm oil manufacturers terrorizing orangutans. Iceland’s animated advert, called “Rang-tan,” stars a small girl talking to a baby orangutan in her bedroom.

The 90-second animated commercial produced in partnership with Greenpeace, is narrated by actress Emma Thompson and features a cartoon orangutan who has fled the destruction of the rainforest to hide in a little girl’s bedroom.

Iceland’s Christmas campaign has been pulled from TV because it has been deemed to breach political advertising rules. Clearcast, the body responsible for vetting ads before they are broadcast to the public, said it was in breach of rules banning political advertising laid down by the 2003 Communications Act.

The 10 greatest Christmas ads of all time

• Christmas Bells – Hershey’s Kisses (1989)
• Mistletoe by Yellow Pages (1992)
• Holidays are coming – Coca-Cola (1995)
• This is not just – Marks and Spencer (2006)
• Phenomenal Christmas – Irn Bru (2007)
• El Color Reserva – Freixenet (2008)
• The Long Wait – John Lewis (2011)

Top 31 Christmas Adverts 2019

• JD Sport – #JDComesAlive.
• M&S Fashion – Go Jumpers for Christmas.
• Debenhams – Christmas TV Advert 2019.
• Walkers Crisps – All Mariah Carey wants this Christmas | Too Good To Share.
• Iceland – #Magicoffrozen.
• TK Maxx – Gift Different.
• Boots – Introducing Bootiques by Boots.

Tesco bagged the top spot for 2019 after its heartwarming Christmas advert prompted waves of online chatter, research from global data science company 4C found. Its festive film depicts a delivery van driver, who gets accidently transported back in time to the last century.

Such a huge part of the marketing, we have decided to put together a list of Christmas 2020 adverts ranked from worst to best;

• Tesco – No Naughty List.
• Amazon – The Show Must Go On.
• Disney – From Our Family to Yours.
• Coca Cola – Christmas Commercial 2020.
• McDonald’s – Inner Child.
• John Lewis – Give a Little Love.

When it comes to effectiveness, John Lewis’ ‘Excitable Edgar’ has been crowned the number one ad for the 2019 Christmas season. The retailer’s joint effort with sister brand Waitrose, which tells the story of a cute dragon, is back at the top for the first time since it debuted ‘Monty the Penguin’ in 2014.

Top 30 Christmas Adverts 2018

• Amazon- Can You Feel It.
• TK Maxx – The Neverending Stocking.
• Argos – The Christmas Fool.
• Heathrow Airport – The Heathrow Bear Returns.
• KFC UK – Christmas Advert.
• Barbour – Snowman.
• McDonald’s UK – Reindeer Ready.
• Waitrose & Partners – Fast Forward.

John Lewis

Bobby Day

What is this year’s advert about? The John Lewis 2020 Christmas advert, titled “Give a Little Love”, is inspired by the sense of community spirit shown by the British public during the coronavirus pandemic.

Celeste Epiphany Waite

actress Olivia Colman

Celeste

singer Celeste

The campaign’s accompanying song is entitled A Little Love and was written by BRIT Awards Rising Star winner Celeste – marking the first time the iconic department store adverts haven’t featured a previously released single or cover.

Strange (Celeste song)

Love Is Back

The music in this Anyday 2021 John Lewis advert is a song called ‘The Minute Waltz’ that’s performed here by the American actress and singer Barbra Streisand.