{"id":6812,"date":"2016-12-03T04:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6812"},"modified":"2016-12-03T03:13:39","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T08:13:39","slug":"virtual-advent-tour-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6812","title":{"rendered":"virtual advent tour: day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/VAT16-500.png\" alt=\"Virtual Advent Tour 2016\" width=400 \/><strong>Welcome to Day 3 of the Virtual Advent Tour!<\/strong> <\/center><\/p>\n<hr width=25%>\n<p>We&#8217;re suckers for Christmas short films in the Burrow, so I thought I&#8217;d share a few for today&#8217;s post. <\/p>\n<p>Much like the commercials Hallmark used to air during their Hall of Fame movies (do they air them still now that they have a whole channel to themselves?) or some of the Super Bowl ads, companies in the U.K. create long-form, story-based commercials they air during the holidays. Here&#8217;s the one for H&#038;M this year, filmed by Wes Anderson and starring Adrien Brody:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VDinoNRC49c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While many of us know H&#038;M by name, at least, in the U.S. John Lewis is a distinguished civil rights leader, Congressman, and award-winning author, rather than a department store. Looking at their website, I&#8217;m guessing they&#8217;re maybe somewhat similar to Target. But whatever they are, they&#8217;ve got a cute commercial:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sr6lr_VRsEo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A couple voices you might recognize:<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Fry, from the Alzheimer&#8217;s Foundation UK:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y9pd6F7Wojk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>James Cordon, from Sainsbury&#8217;s (a grocery store):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bq5SGSCZe4E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And maybe my favorite, from Marks &#038; Spencer (another Target-like store):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V5QPXhStb5I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see some more of this year&#8217;s UK Christmas adverts <a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2016\/11\/16\/christmas-adverts-2016-ranked-from-worst-to-best-from-john-lewis-and-marks-spencer-to-sainsburys-waitrose-and-alzheimers-uk-6257402\/\">here<\/a>, including the one that the article&#8217;s writer thinks is the best.<\/p>\n<hr width=50%>\n<p>Stop back here tomorrow for a new post for the Virtual Advent Tour. And if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re interested in taking part in the tour, badges, details, and sign-up info can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6775\">here<\/a>. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d love to have you participate.<\/p>\n<p>A few other Advent-y things going on around the internet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bookriot.com\/2016\/12\/01\/a-literary-advent-calendar-christmas-poems-stories-essays\/\">Book Riot<\/a> has a holiday short story, song, poem, or essay every day for Advent.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Riveted, an online community of YA literature fans, is running the <a href=\"http:\/\/rivetedlit.com\/?s=Riveted+12+Days+of+Reading+Day\">12 Days of Reading<\/a>. For the first 12 days of December, they&#8217;ll be sharing the complete text of a book a day. 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