The Best Work You May Never See: Tesco, BBH, Directing Team Alaska Help U.K. To "Become More Christmas" 

Featuring a family that’s getting into the holiday spirit ahead of the big day, some more enthusiastically than others, this Tesco spot, “Become More Christmas,” is packed full of festive joy.

Created by BBH, the commercial taps into the insight that for many of us, Christmas is about so much more than the big day. 

While there will always be the “Big Christmas Shop,” the need for festive goods and festivities in general starts a lot earlier than Dec. 25th. In fact, the Tesco 2023 Christmas Report revealed that nearly a third of U.K. adults (31%) said they find the build up to Christmas more exciting than the big day itself.

The ad opens on an enthusiastic dad and his reticent son driving to Tesco for their usual shop. While wandering around the store, the dad spots a Christmas sampling display and, after getting his first taste of Christmas (the Tesco Finest Triple Chocolate Star Shaped Panettone), immediately transforms into a Christmas tree as he gets into the festive spirit. In typical teenage fashion, his son looks embarrassed and walks away, clearly reluctant to join in the fun. 

In another scene, dad has gone through a truly tree-mendous transformation, complete with twinkling lights, and is excitedly putting the decorations up at home. When mom returns home from Tesco and delights in sharing some Tesco Finest Golden Mince Pies, she is overcome with festive joy and captures the “Become More Christmas” mantra, transforming into a spectacular Snowmum. 

Following a second visit to Tesco, other customers can be seen “Becoming More Christmas” with baubles and glittering stars exploring the aisles. At the checkout, dad is served by a Tesco colleague who has transformed into a reindeer. As soon as dad’s Tesco Clubcard is accepted, a shining star decoration explodes from the top of his head, and his Christmas transformation is complete.

While everyone around him “Becomes More Christmas,” the teenage son continues to remain hesitant to get into the festive spirit. Until, dad gives him the handcrafted Christmas tree topper that he made when he was a little boy--it’s just the nudge the teen needs to transform into a Christmas tree himself, topped with that very star.

BBH’s Felipe Serradourada Guimaraes was the campaign’s deputy executive creative director, and Elliott White and Will Maxey were the lead creative team. The film was directed by Alaska (Marco Lafer and Gustavo Moraes) through Iconoclast. The spot is set to the soundtrack of OMC’s “How Bizarre.”