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Best Christmas commercials of 2016

WASHINGTON — Christmas commercials, like all commercials, have one purpose: to sell something. But sometimes, there are ads that make you forget why is it that you’re reaching for your wallet.

Here is a sampling of 2016’s best Christmas commercials.

In this commercial by Michigan-based supermarket chain Meijer, a man with white hair and a long, white beard is stalked, gawked at and approached by children who believe he is Santa Claus. But isn’t he?  
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Abigail Constantino

Abigail Constantino started her journalism career writing for a local newspaper in Fairfax County, Virginia. She is a graduate of American University and The George Washington University.

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