{"id":1007632,"date":"2021-11-13T13:58:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T18:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1007632"},"modified":"2021-11-13T13:58:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T18:58:44","slug":"double-jabbed-santa-uses-vaccine-passport-to-avoid-quarantine-in-tesco-christmas-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/double-jabbed-santa-uses-vaccine-passport-to-avoid-quarantine-in-tesco-christmas-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Double-Jabbed Santa Uses Vaccine Passport to Avoid Quarantine in Tesco Christmas Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdouble-jabbed-santa-uses-vaccine-passport-to-avoid-quarantine-in-tesco-christmas-ad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1007632&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-13-at-4.32.35-pm-1-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">British supermarket giant Tesco has released a Christmas advertisement in which Santa avoids being quarantined for the Chinese coronavirus by presenting a vaccine passport.<\/p>\n<p>Set to the tune of Queen\u2019s <em>Don\u2019t Stop Me Now,&nbsp;<\/em>the Tesco Christmas ad features a hyper-diverse cast of characters rushing around to make preparations for the Christian holiday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>At one point the festivities are interrupted by a \u201cBreaking News\u201d announcement warning that \u201cSanta could be quarantined\u201d, but the crisis is averted and Christmas is saved when Santa Claus presents a vaccine passport to border officials, spurring raucous applause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Christmas, nothing\u2019s stopping us,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0P7QSCLtRwI\">advertisement<\/a> proclaims.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining the rationale behind the marketing campaign, Tesco\u2019s Chief Customer Officer, Alessandra Bellini, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/watch-tescos-new-christmas-advert-22158879\">said<\/a> that the company\u2019s research found that the British public \u201cwon\u2019t let anything stop them\u201d from celebrating Christmas this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis got us thinking about all the little things that have the potential to get in our way \u2014 from running out of mince pies to running late to a Christmas party \u2014 and the nation\u2019s determined spirit that ensures we\u2019ll overcome them all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope our joyful festive ad will resonate and put a smile on people\u2019s faces as we prepare for a season of well-deserved celebrations. Afterall, this Christmas, nothing\u2019s stopping us.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8466257668712\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Health Minister Tells Britons to Get Covid Booster to Avoid Christmas Restrictions <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PbjReoUT6R\">https:\/\/t.co\/PbjReoUT6R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1457411024370372610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The ad may be a touch hopeful, however, as government ministers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/07\/health-minister-tells-britons-to-get-covid-booster-to-avoid-christmas-restrictions\/\">suggested<\/a> that another Christmas lockdown could be on the cards if vaccine booster shot uptake is not to its liking.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s government promised last year that it would ease lockdown restrictions for the holiday, yet ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/12\/19\/tier-four-boris-cancels-christmas-in-much-of-southern-england\/\">caved to pressure<\/a> and kept restrictions in place throughout much of England during Christmas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Tesco\u2019s treatment of Father Christmas was perhaps not as harsh as an advertisement from Britain\u2019s socialised healthcare system last year, however, in which he was seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/12\/12\/merry-christmas-nhs-charity-advert-shows-santa-in-hospital-struggling-to-breathe\/\">lying on a hospital bed<\/a> struggling to breathe, presumably after contracting the Wuhan virus.<\/p>\n<p>Just over one year ago, Breitbart London also captured Metropolitan Police officers threatening to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/11\/07\/watch-police-shut-down-anti-lockdown-protest-in-london-threaten-journalists-santa-clause-with-arrest\/\">arrest a Santa impersonator<\/a> for violating lockdown restrictions while standing in Trafalgar Square during an anti-lockdown demonstration.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.6577181208054\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The ad begins with an unconscious Father Christmas being rushed through a hospital corridor on oxygen while one of the clinicians around him \u2014 fully kitted out in masks and face shields \u2014 asks \u201cIs he responding?\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vjfXDlS4hU\">https:\/\/t.co\/vjfXDlS4hU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1337864923267928064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Tesco Christmas advert, which features a slew of multi-ethnic families celebrating Christmas, does fall in line with the trend on British television screens of portraying an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/02\/27\/diversity-org-admits-gays-minorities-hugely-overrepresented-in-uk-television\/\">exaggeratedly<\/a> multicultural cross-section of British society.<\/p>\n<p>Tesco has previously drawn criticism for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2017\/11\/08\/tesco-christmas-ad-features-sikhs-gay-dads-hijabi-muslims-but-no-visible-christianity\/\">2017 Christmas advertisement<\/a> that failed to include any visibly Christian characters or Christian symbols, while at the same time featuring people in Muslim garb, Sikhs, and a pair of homosexual dads.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British supermarket giant Tesco has released a Christmas advertisement in which Santa avoids being quarantined for the Chinese coronavirus by presenting a vaccine passport. 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