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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadeem Badshah

M&S advert ‘puts two fingers up to spirit of Christmas’, says headteacher

Sophie Ellis-Bextor holds a blowtorch to marshmallows on a gingerbread house
Sophie Ellis-Bextor melts marshmallows on a gingerbread house in Marks & Spencer’s Christmas advert: Love Thismas not Thatmas. Photograph: PR

A prominent headteacher has said she feels “deep disappointment and outrage” over Marks & Spencer’s Christmas advert showing celebrities destroying their least favourite parts of the festive season.

Katharine Birbalsingh, an education reform campaigner who has been labelled Britain’s strictest headteacher, called for the advert to be taken down as she claims it “puts two fingers up” to traditional Christmas values.

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