WASHINGTON — Yes, holiday commercials are selling you something.
But sometimes they do it so well, you don’t even know why you suddenly need to put on some pants and go to the mall with the rest of the world.
Christmas commercials can sometimes do what holiday movies do — get you in the holiday spirit, give you the warm and fuzzy feelings, or just make you ugly cry for reasons you can’t explain. But they do it in two minutes or less.
From the silly to the heartfelt, here is a sampling of the best Christmas commercials of 2017.