1. Folgers Coffee’s “Peter Comes Home for Christmas” // 1986

Peter first first came home for Christmas in 1986 in this feeling - good Folgers ad . According to Greg Wrangler , the actor who play Peter , the original commercial message vent for nearly 20 days . Folgers came out with a new version of the 1986 ad in 2009 , in which a different Peter comes home to a very excited sister;that commercial went viraldue to what viewers deemed was an unusually intimate relationship between the sibling .

2. Budweiser’s “Holiday Greetings” // 1987

3. Hershey’s Kisses’s “Christmas Bells” // 1989

No cableChristmas moviemarathon would be complete without at least one performance of “ We Wish You a Merry Christmas ” by this tree - shaped chocolate ensemble . It ’s the confect company’slongest - running commercial message , and it has quite the fan root word : In 2020,Hershey’sfaced rebound after debuting “ Bells to Blossoms , ” an update version of the classic advert ( the company affirm that “ Bells to Blossoms ” was not a replacement for the original , say it intended to air both versions during the holiday season ) .

4. Corona Extra’s “O’ Tannenpalm”  // 1990

5. Campbell’s Soup’s “Melting Snowman”// 1993

This cozy commercial message was a staple of the ‘ 90s and aughts . As the shivering snowman huddles over a bowl of steaminghot soup , he slowly dethaw to reveal a young son ready to pucker into his dinner . According toThe Drum , the commercial was make to evoke the warm feelings both parents and kid feel on a snowy day .

6. Coca-Cola’s “Northern Lights” // 1993

7. M&M’s “Faint” // 1996

Santa can withstand a lot of magical affair — flyingreindeer , elves , traveling the world at an impossibly dissipated speed — but the existence of talk confect was simply too much for jolly Old Saint Nick to handle in this 1996M&M’scommercial . In 2017 , the company aireda sequelto the original ad , which demonstrate Yellow attempting to save Christmas while Red and Santa were rendered incapacitated by the shock of their encounter .

A version of this narrative originally ran in 2022 ; it has been update for 2023 .

Hershey Kisses Christmas Commercial 2021