This year’s M&S Christmas advert stars a very familiar face

The battle of the Christmas ads has officially begun.

Tue, 07 Nov, 2017 - 14:24

Anna O’Donoghue

The battle of the Christmas ads have officially begun.

Last week, British supermarket ASDA were the first to officially debut their Christmas campaign on UK television and since then they’ve caused a domino effect.

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