This student's fake tearjerker of a Christmas ad fooled the internet

I'm not crying. Definitely not crying.
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This student's fake tearjerker of a Christmas ad fooled the internet
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Each year, the John Lewis Christmas advert brings the United Kingdom to an emotional standstill. From the little girl who sent presents to the lonesome man on the moon, to the little boy with a penguin for a best friend -- there's not a dry eye in the house when the beloved John Lewis ads air.

A-level student Nick Jablonka has paid the ultimate tribute to the iconic festive ads by creating an ad of his own as part of his media coursework. And it's safe to say that it's a tearjerker.

The video went viral over the weekend, fooling hundreds of thousands of hopeful viewers into thinking the John Lewis advert had been released. Little did they know, they'd been watching a teenager's coursework.

The ad features a snowman and snowwoman who are separated by the unlikeliest of obstacles -- a snowglobe. The poor snowman is trapped inside the snowglobe while his love, the snowwoman, is outside in the snow. Trapped inside the snowglobe, he reminisces for the moments they shared together.

But will the two ever be reunited?

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Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.


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