{"id":35228,"date":"2025-11-30T14:57:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/apple-christmas-advert-a-critter-carol\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:05:20","slug":"apple-christmas-advert-a-critter-carol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/apple-christmas-advert-a-critter-carol\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s Christmas advert: &#8220;A Critter Carol&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35631\" title=\"Apple Christmas Advert | A Critter Carol\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/anuncio-de-navidad-de-apple-a-critter-carol.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Christmas Advert | A Critter Carol\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Apples_Christmas_advert_is_a_handcrafted_story_made_with_puppets\"><\/span>Apple\u2019s Christmas advert is a handcrafted story made with puppets.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Tabla de contenidos<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/apple-christmas-advert-a-critter-carol\/#Apples_Christmas_advert_is_a_handcrafted_story_made_with_puppets\" >Apple\u2019s Christmas advert is a handcrafted story made with puppets.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/apple-christmas-advert-a-critter-carol\/#Apple_%E2%80%93_A_Critter_Carol\" >Apple &#8211; A Critter Carol<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/apple-christmas-advert-a-critter-carol\/#Making_of_Apple_Christmas_Advert_2025\" >Making of Apple Christmas Advert 2025<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>It seems that this year brands are determined to surprise us with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esloganmagazine.com\/anuncios-de-navidad-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas commercials<\/a>. Examples like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esloganmagazine.com\/anuncio-de-navidad-de-suchard-son-todas-navidades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suchard Christmas ads<\/a> or the brilliant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esloganmagazine.com\/anuncio-de-navidad-de-john-lewis-2025-wherever-love-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Lewis holiday campaign<\/a> are proof of this, with stories full of wit and creativity.<\/p>\n<p>And one of the latest brands to launch its Christmas campaign has been <strong>Apple<\/strong>, which brings us a handcrafted puppet story where the company seems to opt for creativity at a time when many are using AI without restraint.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Apple_%E2%80%93_A_Critter_Carol\"><\/span>Apple &#8211; A Critter Carol<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-avONMmQtlI?si=aHT0-N7XzhCDHYMX\" width=\"830\" height=\"470\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Apple Christmas advert<\/strong> is titled <em>\u201cA Critter Carol\u201d<\/em>. It was created by <strong>TBWAMedia Arts Lab<\/strong> and directed by <strong>Mark Molloy<\/strong>. The campaign was filmed with an iPhone 17 Pro on a physically constructed set in Prague.<\/p>\n<p>The piece features a choir of forest creatures \u2014handmade puppets\u2014 performing a version of the song <em>\u201cFriends\u201d<\/em> by <strong>Flight of the Conchords<\/strong>. To bring these characters to life, Apple relied on teams of puppeteers who added an emotional, handcrafted touch, reinforcing the closeness of the creative process.<\/p>\n<p>The result is an advert full of humor, musicality, and a classic winter atmosphere. It blends Christmas aesthetics with a deeper message: technology is relevant when it amplifies the creativity of those who use it. The campaign, faithful to the \u201cShot on iPhone\u201d philosophy, demonstrates the technical capabilities of the device without overshadowing the human factor.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>Mark Molloy<\/strong>: <em>\u201cThe intention was to show that the magic of Christmas doesn\u2019t lie in perfection, but in what is built with dedication and humanity. We wanted to embrace the tactile nature of puppetry. I was very eager to return to craftsmanship.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Making_of_Apple_Christmas_Advert_2025\"><\/span>Making of Apple Christmas Advert 2025<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-avONMmQtlI?si=LieVXkPqbEPyjaHe\" width=\"830\" height=\"470\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watch | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-avONMmQtlI?si=LieVXkPqbEPyjaHe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s Christmas advert is a handcrafted story made with puppets. It seems that this year brands are determined to surprise us with their Christmas commercials. Examples like the Suchard Christmas ads or the brilliant John Lewis holiday campaign are proof of this, with stories full of wit and creativity. And one of the latest brands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_mbp_gutenberg_autopost":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[197,1065,1255,1315,1316],"tags":[1132,230],"class_list":["post-35228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advertising","category-advertising-news","category-best-apple-commercials","category-best-christmas-commercials-2025","category-best-commercials-of-2025","tag-anuncios-de-navidad","tag-apple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35230,"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35228\/revisions\/35230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}