How to avoid food guilt this Christmas
How to avoid food guilt this Christmas

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‘For the first time, we weren’t alone… Somebody would listen to us’
‘For the first time, we weren’t alone… Somebody would listen to us’

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This Christmas, hold space for those carrying the quiet burden of grief
This Christmas, hold space for those carrying the quiet burden of grief

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Inside the glittering Dublin home of jewellery designer, Chupi Sweetman-Durney
Inside the glittering Dublin home of jewellery designer, Chupi Sweetman-Durney

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‘For every festive freak, there are those who don’t consider this the most wonderful time of the year’
‘For every festive freak, there are those who don’t consider this the most wonderful time...

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Five delicious vegetarian recipes to enjoy over the Christmas season
Five delicious vegetarian recipes to enjoy over the Christmas season

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This year, let’s shatter the illusion of a “perfect” Christmas
This year, let’s shatter the illusion of a “perfect” Christmas

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‘I was a child who received a Christmas shoebox. This is what it meant to me’
‘I was a child who received a Christmas shoebox. This is what it meant to...

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An ode to Christmas Eve mass, the festive season’s greatest social occasion
An ode to Christmas Eve mass, the festive season’s greatest social occasion

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How to host Christmas without breaking the bank
How to host Christmas without breaking the bank

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Watch: This Adorable Christmas Ad Will Warm Your Heart


By Jennifer McShane
21st Dec 2015
Watch: This Adorable Christmas Ad Will Warm Your Heart

As it’s Christmas week, we’re lapping up all the festive ads, films and songs we can get before talk of New Year celebrations begin. We’ve already spoken of some classic ads we love over yonder, but this latest ad surmising the importance of friendship may well get a place in our hall of fame.

Titled “Lily and the Snowman,” this?animated spot tells the endearing tell of the lasting power of BFFs, even after many years go by. It features a Frosty-esque snowman who makes?elaborate shadow puppets for a little girl. The two bond (they each have matching teddy bears) and become best friends, while the girl’discovers?that’she can keep him frozen by?putting?him in a freezer once winter ends. It’s all going grand, until the little one, now grown up, realises she hasn’t thought of her sun-adverse friend for many years. That’s the point in which yours truly (and many other YouTube commentators) started to well up.

Watch it below for a boost on this chilly day. We promise it has a happy ending: