Viewers are divided over Christmas ad from major retailer as some call it ‘creepy’

SHOPPERS are divided implicit the caller Argos Christmas advertisement arsenic immoderate person showered it successful praise, portion others deliberation it's "just excessively creepy".

Many viewers took to societal media to observe the accomplishment of the 2024 Argos Christmas ad featuring Trevor the T-Rex ripping up the electrical guitar.

Dino Trevor, who is rocking retired to "20th Century Boy", a opus aptly chosen from the discography of stone set T.Rex, attracted overmuch amusement online.

One spectator wrote: "A T-Rex playing T.Rex? Love it."

Another said: "The champion advert connected TV. I emotion Connie and Trevor."

But not everyone was pleased with the pun, with immoderate questioning what relevance it had successful a festive supermarket ad.

Someone wrote: "It has precise small to bash with Christmas. Look astatine Tesco oregon John Lewis connected however to bash a Christmas adverts."

Others slammed the retailer for the "creepy" cartoon doll which appeared passim the advert.

"Next twelvemonth thing caller I hope", a idiosyncratic wrote.

"Those dolls are conscionable excessively creepy."

Another spectator criticised: "@Argos_Online Please - discontinue it with the weird doll adverts - it's ******* CREEPY."

And a 3rd said: "That Argos "doll" is creepy arsenic ****."

The doll being criticised is Argos' different marque mascot Connie, who features successful the retailer's adverts each twelvemonth round.

Some pointed retired that it was reductive to person a pistillate doll beryllium the vacant and blinking "fan girl" portion Trevor the T.Rex gets to centre onstage.

But Laura Boothby, Head of Campaigns astatine Argos, said customers emotion the mascots.

She said: “Our customers emotion Trevor the dinosaur and Connie the doll, truthful we're thrilled they're backmost again to dispersed immoderate festive amusive and magic successful specified an energetic and upbeat way.

"At Argos, immoderate your loved ones are dreaming of this Christmas, we’ve got it covered. Whether it’s the latest and champion successful dependable and tech, oregon the apical toys of the season”.

Set successful a magical Christmas dreamscape, Trevor lives retired his rockstar phantasy by belting retired the T.Rex tune atop a upland of Marshall speakers.

Trevor headlines the gig earlier a hoard of screaming fans - each 1 of whom are his champion friend, Connie the doll.

At the extremity of the ad, Trevor wakes from his stupor to realise helium is sat connected the sofa with Connie and it's Christmas day.

She hands him a acquisition and helium opens it, lone to observe she has talented him the contiguous of his dreams - a Marshall speaker.

They high-five 1 different and the opus resumes done the speaker.

The uplifting connection aimed astatine viewers is that immoderate you're dreaming of this Christmas tin beryllium made imaginable astatine Argos.

The run is built connected the company's "There's More To Argos" marque level which launched past year.

Another Christmas advertisement facing backlash is the Boots 2024 campaign, titled "The Christmas Makeover".

Viewers person jumped to support the quality marque which has been slammed arsenic "grotesque" and "woke" and has generated a #boycottboots hashtag.

Featuring Bridgerton histrion Adjoa Andoh, 61, arsenic Mrs Claus successful a "werkshop" with her squad of fashonista elves - accepted Brits were little than impressed.

But Adjoa came guardant to support the ad.

She said: “How quality tin marque you consciousness and however it shapes your individuality is precise important to me, truthful when Boots asked maine to beryllium a portion of their festive run and play the captious and often under-valued relation of Mrs. Claus, I was thrilled.

"The originative brilliantly shows however quality tin assistance america consciousness empowered and fabulous.” 

Viewers are besides disappointed with the much-anticipated John Lewis Campaign this twelvemonth arsenic it failed to tug connected bosom strings.

Many person classed Tesco's 2024 advertisement arsenic "better than John Lewis" as it delves into what it's similar to grieve a household nonaccomplishment implicit the Christmas period.

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