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Sainsbury's OFFICIAL Christmas advert 2016 -The Greatest Gift (James Corden)
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Description

Every Christmas the British supermarket chain "Sainsbury's" creates an ad for television using a strong Christams "spirit" to attract customers to this supermarket chain. This is the 2016 official Christmas TV advert.

Transcript

Another year over, where do they go to, it's a mystery
Now it's December, so much to remember before Christmas Eve
I'm already late, and my train is delayed, disruption on the line
I race into work and the place is berserk, yes it's Christmas time

I wanna find the greatest gift I can give my family
But right now I don't have time to breathe
The streets are chaotic, the shops idiotic, there's a queue for the queue
A granny's taking her time at the front of the line ('Ninety-one... ninety-two...')

There's a party at work and the manager's twerking inappropriately
To top off the day, another train is delayed, it's a catastrophe
Christmas time is here
I'd like to spend the time with the ones I love so dear

I'm trying to find the greatest gift I can give my family
I don't have time, there's only one of me
Tell me how do people do it all, I'll never get it done
If only there was a way to be in two places at once...

Wait... that gives me an idea!

If I wasn't alone, what if I had a clone, I could do so much more
It would all be a breeze, with a couple more me's, I'd have time galore
I wanna find the greatest gift I can give my family
The greatest gift I can give is me

Now I can meet with the boss and empty out my inbox all simultaneously
Leaving me time to spend with my family and friends, where I wanna be
I wanna find the greatest gift I can give my family
The greatest gift that I can give is me

I wanna find the greatest gift I can give my family
The greatest gift that I can give is me
I wanna find the greatest gift I can give my family
The greatest gift that I can give
The greatest gift that I can give
The greatest gift that I can give is me

Explanations

Delayed = happening at a later time than expected or intended


Berserk /bəˈzɜːk/= out of control and/or very angry


Twerking  /ˈtwɜː.kɪŋ/ =  a style of dancing that involves bending low and moving the bottom and hips


If only = used when you want to say how doing something would make it possible to avoid something unpleasant


Galore = in great amounts or numbers

Meaning

The best Christmas present you can give to the ones you love is not a physical object, but yourself. Spending more time with them can be the greatest gift.