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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Vicky Jessop

Sainsbury’s Christmas advert review: watching Alison Hammond work her magic is a treat

Over the years, Sainsbury’s has definitely become one of the big beasts of the cluttered Christmas advertising market. Who could forget the one starring animated cat Mog – or the absolute tearjerker that recreated World War One’s Boxing Day Truce (I’m welling up just thinking about it)?

Well, this year, Alison Hammond is set to cement her place – and lighten the tone – as the supermarket’s new festive icon for new ad Once Upon A Pud.

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