Remarkable articles

• John Lewis snowman remodelled as children's book

  

  The Guardian —

  TV advertisement with 'a real adventure' inspires publisher Nosy Crow to rush out illustrated tale for Christmas A loving snowman, concerned his beloved snowlady might be feeling the winter chill, is daunted by nothing in his quest to find her a scarf, hat and gloves. We have all – well, more than two million of us, anyway – seen John Lewis's latest Christmas ad, and now we can read the...

  
  28/11/2012

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• Why is every Christmas TV advert like a nail gun to the tearducts?

  

  New Statesman —

  We're looking at you, Coca Cola, John Lewis, Asda, Morrisons and Very. Here it is, Merry Christmas, everybody's having fun. Well, it isn't, and they aren't, but it might as well be. For this weekend, all the Christmas advertising campaigns launched. "Holidays are coming", chant the perennially joyful Coca-Cola singers in Rainbowland as a giant truck snarls down Main Street, cruelly failing to add...

  
  12/11/2012

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• Walking in the air: the Snowman flies over London

  

  Now. Here. This. - Time Out London —

  This Christmas Eve sees the return of 'The Snowman' in a 24-minute feature on Channel 4 complete with magical flying scene but with a few small differences.

  
  11/12/2012

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