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Paypal has accidentally played the Grinch in Britain this holiday, according to several hundred viewers who have lodged complaints about its Christmas ad, claiming the commercial implies that Father Christmas—aka, Santa Claus—isn't real.
The spot, created by Crispin Porter + Bogusky, shows an older brother predicting that he and his sibling won't get any presents this year, because he hasn't seen his parents out shopping for any. This has infuriated some parents, who believe it implies they buy all the gifts—and Santa doesn't deliver any.
They are particularly peeved that the ad has been running when kids are still up—not after 9 p.m.,
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