When a Golden Retriever presses the tear ducts
This year's Christmas campaigns aren't tugging at the heartstrings just yet. To tide you over, you might want to check out this commercial from France.
Where are they, the Christmas commercials that go straight to the heart and bring tears to the eyes of even the most hardened viewer? We almost wistfully remember the touching films of previous years - "Coming Home", "Monty the Penguin", the heart-warming campaigns of the Spanish Anuncio Lotería de Navidad, "Grace" by Walker, the Heathrow Bears, and, and, and...
In case your tear ducts have dried up by now: The 2018 campaign by French animal welfare organization 30 Millions d'Amis could help. Among other things, the foundation is campaigning against the holiday-related abandonment of pets - something that feels more like it belongs to decades gone by, but is apparently still commonplace. The message of the commercial created by La Pac and released in the middle of the year: A dog only leaves its human for one reason - and some people could learn a thing or two from that. (hae)
