Celtic Da Weekly 22/11/24 - Christmas Adverts, Criticising Larsson, and Rodgers' Rumours

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Hello, good morning, and welcome to the Celtic Da Weekly. Praise be, the international break is over. And what a fitting end it was. Only Scotland could manage to win a game and somehow still end up in a worse position than the team they just beat. Typical. We’re back to the important stuff now, though – the real football, kicking off at 7:45 on a Saturday evening, because what better way to enjoy your weekend than navigating the chaos of a late-night game. How the hell are we meant to get from Vigil Mass to Tynecastle before half-time? Just another day in the life of a Celtic fan – late nights, early mornings, and stuck in the sheer hell that is Edinburgh when the final whistle goes.

As we sit here, wasting our lives away waiting for kick off, Celtic were kind enough to provide us with one of the highlights of the Timternet calendar – the annual Christmas advert. (Yes, I know it’s obviously annual – it’s a fcking Christmas advert, they’d hardly do it three times a year and once at the Glasgow Fair fortnight, now would they? – but I’m paid by the word here so “annual” stays in the sentence.) And once again, it’s an absolute belter. Honestly, I’m struggling to think of anything that brings the entire Celtic fanbase together like this. It’s like they’ve finally cracked the code: give us a sentimental, tear-jerking Christmas ad, throw in a bit of nostalgia, and bingo – unity achieved. Forget football, forget the 90 minutes – this year, we’re united by yet another fantastic advert. It’s consumerism but with a Celtic flavour. And who can resist that? Our marketing team know what they are about and no mistake.