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Parenting

06th Dec 2018

This French Christmas advert carries an important message about parenthood

Melissa Carton

We’ve been inundated with adorable Christmas adverts this year and this festive feel good from France is no exception.

The commercial for French phone company Bouygeus is a sweet reminder that it’s the little things we do with our children that stick with them for life.

It also features a lot of amazing ‘dad dancing’.

The advert starts with a dad dancing for his toddler at Christmas and shows him continuing to show off his killer moves throughout his son’s life, even when he’s embarrassing him.

It ends with him receiving a video call from his son who dances on screen with his own child, passing on the tradition.

At this time of year we can put ourselves under immense pressure to make the holiday season perfect for our children.

From trips to Santa’s grotto to fighting through crowds to buy them exactly what they asked for, we put ourselves under a lot of stress when really at the end of the day, it’s the little things that really count.

It’s a really sweet reminder coming up to Christmas that it’s not the expensive gifts that our children remember and hold on to, but the time we spend with them.