- Hi, we're Joel and Lia.

- And welcome back to VLOGMAS.

This video is things that America

does better than the UK at Christmas time.

- No, it's not (chuckles).

It's things the UK

does better than America at Christmas time.

(laughter)

- Keep, keep, keep, keep.

- Oh, that's the best intro ever.

Yeah, we'll keep that.

One job, Lia. - Is to...

- You were given your line. - Give me a line,

learn the words. - Learn the script.

- We spent a long time scripting these videos

and you just learn your words. - Yeah.

But maybe that is a video we should do,

things America does better than the UK at Christmas time,

but we don't really know much

about American Christmases yet

so we need you guys to let us know.

- The classic portion size.

Anyway. - Anyway.

Right, so we've got four things

that we wanted to discuss

that we think are very exclusively British things,

or that British people do really well at Christmas.

- Okay.

- That I don't think America does,

or they don't do it as well.

- Okay, alright.

- So, the first one, - Yeah.

- Is British Christmas adverts.

- (gasp) Okay, - Mhm.

- A hundred percent, we go all out

with emotionally led Christmas adverts,

- Mhm.

- Everyone in the UK, so say like all the

big, John Lewis, all the big department stores,

- Yeah.

- Mark's and Spencer's - Mark's and Spencer's

- Sainsbury's - Even Sainsbury's are

doing big one's.

- Yeah.

- Their aim is to make you cry,

- Yeah.

- With their Christmas adverts,

so that's what they want.

That, that must be the brief!

- Yeah, I think it is, and they go,

like Lia said, they go to town!

It's well known that their adverts are

gonna be around the two minute mark,

like, two full minutes, they'll have

shortened versions, but there'll be like

full two minutes, - Yeah.

- And it'll be something that's completely

non related to the supermarket - Yeah.

- So like, one year John Lewis did one

about a penguin, like, or they did one about

- The man on the moon.

- A man on a moon, like it's got nothing

to do with Christmas, other than the message

that it sends, like a warmth, or like family.

- Yeah, that Christmas is all about

the people you love, - Yeah.

- Or Christmas is all about the gift of de de da.

- Mhm.

- This year, it's amazing, I love it.

- Oh, really - Yeah, I loved it,

- This year, - I loved it so much!

- That's the thing, - I cried, Joel,

watching it yesterday, in preparation

for these videos. - Ridiculous.

- I was sobbing, there was people watching

the rugby match, there was loads of lads like,

ah! Watching the tele, I'm in the corner

at White city - Just crying, yeah.

- Sobbing, literally sobbing.

- But do you know what?

This is the thing, it divides opinion,

everyone waits to judge these TV adverts

and say which one is best,

I personally hated the John Lewis advert,

which is let's just say, John Lewis are like,

they do the best Christmas adverts out of everyone.

- Joel! They spent seven million on it.

- I heard they spent ten million on it,

and they spent five million on Elton John.

- Their budgets, their budgets are crazy!

- Yeah, but this year it fell short, I think.

- Really!? - But they clearly,

Lia loved it, and - Oh my gosh,

Everyone I know hates it, - Yeah.

- But I love it!

- Yeah.

- I think it's really good.

- Oh, I don't.

- Oh, the bit where he's a kid and he

gets the piano, and I'm like ah!

- But, this is what Brits love to do!

- I died.

- And so this year I think Sainsbury's have won,

or Waitrose! Oh my gosh, Waitrose,

their shade on John Lewis - is there shade?

- Even though they own John Lewis as well,

so, that's kinda why - I haven't seen it,

but you've told me about the premise, okay.

- Yeah, it's very good.

But anyway, there's a war about Christmas adverts

in the UK, does America put that much

effort into your Christmas adverts?

I genuinely want to know.

- Yeah, I've watched a few, - Yeah.

- And, I asked on the Facebook group,

the Joel and Lia - Okay.

- Facebook group to send in your Christmas adverts,

your token US Christmas adverts,

- Yeah.

- And they tend to be more like comedy.

- Oh, okay, interesting.

- More funny, and like I'm not getting it,

I haven't seen any like tear jerkers.

- No.

- But we're gonna react - Yeah.

- To some in another video, - Yeah.

- So stay tuned for that. - Yep.

Definitely, but I just think it's one

of the best times of the year,

when the Christmas advert drops,

everyone goes crazy,

when it drops. - When it drops,

like when Beyonce dropped her album,

- Drop it like it's hot! - And tell anyone!

Drops it, yeah!

- It's amazing, so yeah, everyone goes to war on it,

they spend so much money on it,

- Yeah.

- They even know, so like, these big department stores

will probably know what Christmas advert

they're doing next year already.

- So yeah, the talks will be like from now,

- Yeah.

- They'll be already making next year's, it's insane.

- Yeah, it's crazy.

- A little fun fact I was once in

a Christmas advert for Sainsbury's.

- Oh yeah!

- Well, it was an ident actually,

but I'll see if I can find the footage somewhere.

- Maybe insert that.

- Yeah.

- Joel, playing a dad - Yeah.

- Were you a dad or a brother?

- I was initially, and then I became an uncle

cause I looked too young, and I was sat at

Christmas day, wearing a Christmas jumper,

having Christmas dinner, going,

It was great, the best day of my life.

(both laugh)

It was like mid October though,

they like, frosted the windows, they like put

stuff over it - Yeah.

- To make it look like the time of year,

it was amazing.

- That's incredible.

The next thing that we do - Yeah.

- Better, is Christmas crackers!

- I still don't believe that we're

the only ones that do this,

but apparently it's true,

American's don't have Christmas crackers.

- They're missing out on big margins,

it's literally a piece of paper, guys.

- Are you sure they don't do it?