John Lewis has unveiled its 2019 Christmas advert, complete with the customary slowed-down pop classic and tear-jerker story.
The big reveal of the department store chain’s festive TV ad is one of the media events of the year and the campaign tends to stick to a “safe formula”, says The Guardian.
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