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Topic: Holidays

Brands Discuss Mother's Day Marketing on Facebook Social network is key part of push for 1-800-Flowers, Zales

Earlier this year, Facebook polled 1,000 users on what they were planning to buy as Mother’s Day gifts. Flowers topped the list, with jewelry tying clothing in the number-three spot.…

May 04 2012

British PSA: Don't Get Drunk and Fall Under a Train This Holiday A sobering warning from the Transport Police

The British Transport Police are airing closed-circuit video recorded earlier this year of a drunk woman slipping underneath a train as part of a campaign designed to illustrate the dangers…

December 23 2011

Best and Worst Agency Holiday Cards of 2011 Lots of ho-ho-ho's and a few humbugs

Agency holiday cards have become a big deal. Some clients would be happy to have as much work put into their ad campaigns as some holiday cards receive. Then again,…

December 22 2011

Australian Retailer Wishes You a Very Inappropriate Christmas This is an actual Dick Smith ad

Dick Smith, an Australian electronics retailer in the Best Buy vein, uses the tagline "Dick does." This presents opportunities for innuendo, as seen most notably in this actual Christmas ad,…

December 22 2011

Abortion Makes Toys Cry on Pro-Life Christmas Billboard Who will they play with now?

Toronto's Niagara Region Right to Life organization blames abortion for the "coarsening of politics and civic life," but they're the ones guilt-tripping people with sad-toy-themed billboards a week before Christmas.…

December 21 2011

Santa Election 2012: Four Candidates Seek to Replace St. Nick Maria Bamford, Andre Royo among the challengers

I vote YES! on Funny or Die's marvelously cast, pitch-perfect political ad parodies pegged to the unlikely premise of an election to replace Santa Claus. These spots work on lots…

December 20 2011

Spirits Are Sky High Around Jack Daniel's Holiday Barrel Tree A gift to Lynchburg, Tenn., from its most famous resident

Nothing says Christmas quite like a 26-foot-tall tree made of whiskey barrels. More than 100 white oak containers were used to create the tree, which is a "present" from Jack…

December 19 2011

Ad of the Day: Red Cross Give something that means something, not just more junk, says this animated holiday spot from BBDO

Never has there been a more auspicious time to take a stand against holiday shopping gone berserk. The economy is still in a shambles, and the Occupy movements have hyper-consumerism…

December 19 2011

Mary Gets a Positive Pregnancy Test in Church's Christmas Billboard St. Matthews in the City strikes again

Get a load of this billboard from St. Matthews in the City, a progressive Anglican church in Auckland, New Zealand. I mean, Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Well, only Mary is…

December 16 2011

Ad of the Day: Unicef Santa Claus admits his dirty little secret: He 'doesn't do poor countries'

It's been a rough year for Santa Claus. Best Buy has been running those ads from Crispin Porter + Bogusky saying the old man better watch his back. SantaCon NYC…

December 14 2011

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