The Mormon and Catholic Christmas Commericals

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I recently saw 2 commercials with the Christmas Theme

youtube.com/watch?v=uzjFEMmM0Xs This one is called He is the Gift. It says, “The first gift was not wrapped.” I say it was wrapped in swaddling clothing. This is the Mormon one to bring people to their church

and this is the Catholics come home one. youtube.com/watch?v=lWkD3SPNi5E

Comparing them what do you think?

Personally I love being Catholic because of Advent and all of the Christmas Mass etc. When I was Mormon I lost so much of that
 
They are both nice, although I think the Mormon one took too long getting to the point. Of course, I like the Catholic commercial best. 😃
 
I liked them both. The first one is probably a little long to be shown on TV though.
 
I think both are well done, both well produced.

I liked the Mormon one because there was no narration. I liked the Catholic one because it re-focuses Santa.

Both both have the same point. Christ is the reason we celebrate Christmas. Both are to be applauded.
 
This LDS commercial made me ashamed. I am ashamed for my faith that we sometimes do not measure up to the LDS in terms of a sense of the sacred, a hard LDS identity, being “in the world but not of the world”, family values, and evangelization. Say what you will about the faith and beliefs of the LDS Church, but they must be doing something right if they have established an empire in less than 200 years of existence.
 
Elizium23 said:
This LDS commercial made me ashamed. I am ashamed for my faith that we sometimes do not measure up to the LDS in terms of a sense of the sacred, a hard LDS identity, being “in the world but not of the world”, family values, and evangelization. Say what you will about the faith and beliefs of the LDS Church, but they must be doing something right if they have established an empire in less than 200 years of existence.
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Catholics accomplished the same feat without television commercials.
 
Elizium23 said:
This LDS commercial made me ashamed. I am ashamed for my faith that we sometimes do not measure up to the LDS in terms of a sense of the sacred, a hard LDS identity, being “in the world but not of the world”, family values, and evangelization. Say what you will about the faith and beliefs of the LDS Church, but they must be doing something right if they have established an empire in less than 200 years of existence.
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Completely disagree with the idea that Catholics dont have a sense of the sacred. Devout Catholics have as much a sense of the sacred as devout Mormons.

Our Christmas Masses were all well attended. 2 of the SRO.

Mormons, as a whole, had no Christmas services
 
I saw the LDS ad when it was the banner on youtube, ironically the opening words were “the first gift of Christmas wasn’t found in a mall”. This from a church that spent untold dollars building their very own high end mall and whose prophet finished presiding over the grand opening with the words “let’s go shopping”. I’m a bit cynical when viewing this ad, after all this is a church that has it’s own advertising company that touts how it has expertise in invoking an emotional response with it’s “Heartsell” method.
 
zaffiroborant said:
I saw the LDS ad when it was the banner on youtube, ironically the opening words were “the first gift of Christmas wasn’t found in a mall”. This from a church that spent untold dollars building their very own high end mall and whose prophet finished presiding over the grand opening with the words “let’s go shopping”. I’m a bit cynical when viewing this ad, after all this is a church that has it’s own advertising company that touts how it has expertise in invoking an emotional response with it’s “Heartsell” method.
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zaffiroborant, The prophet did not say, “Let’s go shopping”, it was the CEO of Taubman Inc. ksl.com/?sid=19685852 who over saw the retail portion of the construction.

Both messages have value and can help lead a person to consider Christ and the important meaning of Christmas. I find it hard to be critical of either message.
 
PattyPryor said:
I recently saw 2 commercials with the Christmas Theme

youtube.com/watch?v=uzjFEMmM0Xs This one is called He is the Gift. It says, “The first gift was not wrapped.” I say it was wrapped in swaddling clothing. This is the Mormon one to bring people to their church

and this is the Catholics come home one. youtube.com/watch?v=lWkD3SPNi5E

Comparing them what do you think?

Personally I love being Catholic because of Advent and all of the Christmas Mass etc. When I was Mormon I lost so much of that
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I prefer the Mormon one except it is long. I think it was very clear about the true meaning of Christmas.

I think the Catholic one was decent, but still focused too much on the commercialization of Christmas. They used the commercial version of Santa, rather than a traditional image of St. Nicholas.
 
Just a reminder.

The LDS ad is put out by the LDS Church.

The Catholic ad is not put out by the Catholic church, but the Catholic group “Catholics Come Home”
 
TxGodfollower said:
They used the commercial version of Santa, rather than a traditional image of St. Nicholas.
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I think that was the whole point. To many people, the commercial Santa is all there is to Christmas, but the ad showed that even “Santa” bows down to Jesus.
 
TxGodfollower said:
I prefer the Mormon one except it is long. I think it was very clear about the true meaning of Christmas.

I think the Catholic one was decent, but still focused too much on the commercialization of Christmas. They used the commercial version of Santa, rather than a traditional image of St. Nicholas.
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I disagree, the LDS version does not have the true meaning of Christmas because they do not have the true meaning of Christ.
 
Avdima said:
I disagree, the LDS version does not have the true meaning of Christmas because they do not have the true meaning of Christ.
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It seemed to hit a lot of the key points. Gift that we could never hope to buy, given by God the Father, offered to all.

Could you expand on what you meant?
 
Janderich said:
zaffiroborant, The prophet did not say, “Let’s go shopping”, it was the CEO of Taubman Inc. ksl.com/?sid=19685852 who over saw the retail portion of the construction.

Both messages have value and can help lead a person to consider Christ and the important meaning of Christmas. I find it hard to be critical of either message.
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It looks like he was all in with the message and did say it.
youtube.com/watch?v=IOx1sA0Femo
I disapprove of religious leaders participating in celebrating consumption and a high end shopping mall is the epitome of consumerism in my mind. To me the prophet of the LDS church up there celebrating the opening of their high end mall is really not different than so many other “Christian Ministries” out there hawking their wares. The Catholic Church has a dicey past when it comes to money, other churches have a history to look at and do better. I don’t see the LDS church doing better in this instance and the commercial they put up leading with "the first gift of Christmas wasn’t found in a mall" is an obvious effort to distance themselves from their close association with malls, a “we may own high end shopping malls but we’re not into promoting consumerism, we are all about Christ”.

Had the LDS church left off the first part of the commercial depicting the mall frenzy I would have been fine with it. As it is with their huge financial investment in City Creek and the President of the church making a personal appearance at it’s opening, it comes off as hypocritical.

The “spiritual but not religious” and “no religious affiliation” categories grow larger every year and it’s these shows of support for and enthusiastic participation in the “worldly” that lead people to regard all churches with cynicism, view their message as hypocrisy and walk away.
 
zaffiroborant said:
I saw the LDS ad when it was the banner on youtube, ironically the opening words were “the first gift of Christmas wasn’t found in a mall”. This from a church that spent untold dollars building their very own high end mall and whose prophet finished presiding over the grand opening with the words “let’s go shopping”. I’m a bit cynical when viewing this ad, after all this is a church that has it’s own advertising company that touts how it has expertise in invoking an emotional response with it’s “Heartsell” method.
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Call me jaded, from working for a LDS church owned retail establishment, that made 80% of its profit from Christmas sales. I hated Christmas when I worked there, all it meant was long hours, work stress, and all to the point of money for the LDS church. We were told by the CEO that never was the question asked about doing good or remembering Jesus. The only question asked by the leaders of the LDS Church was if the place was going to be profitable that year. So yes, I find this LDS production more than hypocritical.

The only reason the billion dollar Mormon owned mall in Salt Lake City stays open is because of Christmas sales.
 
I look at Christmas through the eyes of the Holy Family.
Even the child/children received gifts.
The second one spoke to me best.
 
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