Mog the Cat of Children's Book Fame Gets a Chaotic Christmas Revival From Sainsbury's

New story and toy will be sold for charity

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Each year, British grocer Sainsbury's creates one of the season's most anticipated Christmas ads, and this year's features the return of a beloved children's character.

Mog the Cat was the star of 16 books by writer and illustrator Judith Kerr, who began the series with Mog the Forgetful Cat in 1970 and ended it with Mog's death in 2002's Goodbye Mog.

Now the celebrated cat is back to cause more mischief, this time nearly ruining Christmas with her clumsy shenanigans in a spot from agency AMV BBDO:

Mog is returning to literary life as well with Mog's Christmas Calamity, a new book that Kerr created to coincide with the holiday ad.

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