John Lewis Xmas Ad | Ho-ho-honing in on the office loners

The John Lewis Christmas ad is finally here and its chosen theme of foster care should give us cause to think about our own office family.

With beaming celebrities, tongue-in-cheek humour and downright funny one-liners thrown in for good measure (‘When is Bin Day?’ Tesco ad), this year’s Christmas adverts are proving once again that Christmas is for happy families.

But while Morrisons, Marks & Spencers and Aldi have chosen to display succulent seasonal dishes at the end of their adverts, John Lewis went for a sobering statistic about the number of children in care.

Christmas can be a fairly stressful time with all the planning, cooking, wrapping or driving on the big day, yet for those who have no relations to visit or to welcome, this time of year must be hellish to endure.