This Christmas Commercial May Make You Cry
FLANDERS, BELGIUM - OCTOBER 12: Kate Thomas and her father Jim Kiesanowski with a photograph of her grandfather Morris Crimmins and her great uncle John Patrick (sitting) killed in action, ahead of the New Zealand Commemoration for the Battle of Passchendaele at Tyne Cot Cemetery on October 12, 2017 in Flanders, Belguim. The Commemoration marks the centenary of the Third Battle of Ypres during World War One, where the New Zealand Division suffered heavy losses. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
This is from 2016, but it’s everywhere again. It’s a three-minute Christmas commercial for an eBay-type company from Poland called Allegro. It features an elderly man who orders an “English for Beginners” kit online, and then practices constantly.
He makes notes, listens to tapes, and studies everywhere he goes. Then he takes a flight to England to visit the home of a couple and their little daughter. As soon as the girl sees him, he greets her with, “Hi, I am your grandpa.”