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Tesco's festive TV advert featuring Father Christmas bearing a Covid vaccine passport has received more than 1,500 complaints, making it the most complained-about of the year.
Set to Queen's track Don't Stop Me Now, the 90-second clip celebrates overcoming obstacles to get in the festive spirit.
It begins outside of a Tesco store, with a customer set on trying to make sure she has everything prepared for Christmas. The ad then follows her on her journey home where she encounters merrymakers overcoming anything that is thrown at them.
But in one scene a reporter appears on TV with the 'breaking news' that Santa could be quarantined. He is then shown presenting his Covid vaccine pass at border control, showing he can be let into the country.
The Tesco ad follows her on her journey home where she encounters merrymakers overcoming anything that is thrown at them
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the bulk of complaints were from viewers suggesting the festive ad is 'coercive' and
