Fun facts about the 2016 John Lewis Christmas advert (which you can watch here!)

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by Polly Foreman |
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If you can cast your minds back to this time last year, you'll probably remember that everyone was pretty depressed. 2016 was a bit of a shocker for number of reasons, and but there was one very specific fake tanned, racist, misogynistic, awful, awful reason...

But there were also some shining beacons of light, to get us through to a fresh start in 2017 (which actually turned out to not be so great either, but that's a whole other story).

Luckily for us, John Lewis took into account just how bloody terrible 2016 had been, so the annual Christmas ad was fortunately not as sad as 2015's Man On The Moon.

It's still tear-jerking AF, but in a very good way.

WATCH BELOW:

WANNA HEAR SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT THE ADVERT? OF COURSE YOU DO.

The first meetings about the advert took place in JANUARY. So we'd barely even dried our tears from Man On The Moon when it all began!

The shots of the dad putting up the trampoline and reading the instructions are GENUINE - he was actually putting it up!

There was a dedicated 'snow siever' on set - OUR DREAM JOB!

Summer, the actress who plays the little girl Bridget, is being sent a real life trampoline by John Lewis on Thursday! Literally, awwwww!

And just as you thought this advert couldn't get more exciting, there will also be a SNAPCHAT FILTER, Twitter stickers and virtual reality experience.

AND sales of soft toys of the characters will make donations to The Wildlife Trusts.

2016 just got a whole lot better.

The advert tells the story of a little girl called Bridget who loves jumping (don't we all), whose parents buy her a trampoline and leave it in the garden on Christmas eve ready to surprise her the next day.

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BUT THEN, the dog Buster bears witness to a whole load of wild animals emerging to bounce on the trampoline and looks v v jealous and sad he's not with them. Two foxes, a badger, a squirrel and a hedgehog bounce together in perfect harmony.

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John Lewis ad EMBARGOED

MAYBE THE WORLD RN COULD ALL TAKE A LEAF OUT OF THESE ANIMALS' BOOKS?

Just sayin'

Anyway, the advert concludes with the little girl running downstairs and toward the trampoline, only to be beaten by Buster, who bounces happily on the trampoline.

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SOOO F*CKING CUTE.

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