Christmas Ads | The HR lessons from M&S and more as the festive adverts begin

November 1st marks the end of ‘Halloween season’, and, whether we like it or not, the start of ‘Christmas season’. Cue Christmas adverts.

Argos, M&S and ASDA have all dropped their new ads, with stars ranging from Sophie Ellis-Bextor to Michael Buble via a toy dinosaur called Trevor.

As perhaps the only contender to the John Lewis crown when it comes to all-out celeb-fests at Christmas, M&S focuses on celebrities from Hannah Waddingham and Sophie Ellis-Bextor to Tan France all rejecting the elements of festivities they just won’t ‘do’. At the end, a voiceover declares: “This Christmas, do only what you love.”

The music is a cover of Meatloaf’s ‘I would do anything for love… but I won’t do that’.