John Lewis Christmas advert: Venus flytrap is the star as retailer rings the changes

Set to a track called Festa sung by opera legend Andrea Bocelli, the advert shows a little boy, Alfie, who plants his own Christmas tree - only to find it grows into a carnivorous Venus flytrap called Snapper. M&S's Christmas clothing and home advert also recruits well-known faces including actors Zawe Ashton and Hannah Waddingham, Queer Eye presenter Tan France, and singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Whereas John Lewis focuses on changing traditions, M&S's ad suggests people should simply do away with Christmas traditions they no longer love. Ms Lewis said time would tell whether, and to what extent, the row has affected M&S. Elsewhere, Bublé has been defrosted for Christmas, and is the star of Asda's ad this year. Not all of this year's Christmas adverts have a star line-up.

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