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Three delivered a lovely festive surprise to Galway kids who complained about its ad

A group of students at a Galway school wrote letters complaining about the company’s Christmas ad.

A GROUP OF Galway school students wrote a bunch of letters of complaint to phone company Three over their Christmas ad this year.

They claimed the ad, which shows a father giving his little girl the gift of a snow cloud, was false advertising as the company doesn’t even sell snow and their parents would never be able to get their hands on a cloud for them.

The company’s response to the students at Presentation College in Athenry was to turn their school yard into a festive wonderland. Lovely.

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h/t DailyEdge.ie.

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    Mute W.O.C.
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    Nov 25th 2015, 11:05 AM

    An article about three sponsored by meteor?

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    Mute Sam
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    Nov 25th 2015, 11:14 AM

    The McDonald’s story the other day was sponsored by Burger King

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    Mute Deborah Behan
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    Nov 25th 2015, 2:23 PM

    It’s still false advertisement.

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    Mute marian doherty
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    Nov 25th 2015, 11:15 AM

    It might just be my hormones but I think that was very sweet and lovely

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    Nov 25th 2015, 11:47 AM

    I agree with you Marian, it must be your hormones!

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    Nov 25th 2015, 2:12 PM

    Marion I think it has to scratch your at your emotions to make a good advert like the John Lewis adds they all start kind of sad, slow music with a long journey of struggle and a heart warming happy ending let’s face it its the season for hope and good will There there don’t cry don’t cry

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    Mute marian doherty
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    Nov 25th 2015, 9:31 PM

    Haha that’s it

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    Mute Paul Somers
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    Nov 25th 2015, 11:12 AM

    Now that is an advert worth screening, fair play. Ingenuous

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    Mute Paul Somers
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    Nov 25th 2015, 2:08 PM

    I meant the revised advert

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    Nov 25th 2015, 11:06 AM

    Amazing. Well done meteor

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    Nov 25th 2015, 11:35 AM

    Absolutely brilliant!

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    Nov 25th 2015, 11:54 AM

    Poor O’Connell gets roped in to everything.. Anything would make that school look better.

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    Nov 25th 2015, 1:12 PM

    Well done to three. Great gesture, they could have just ignored the kids. Gave some kids a nice surprise.

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    Nov 25th 2015, 1:24 PM

    A good story for a change.Wait for the trolls……..

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    Nov 25th 2015, 10:58 PM

    Pure as marketing driven slush!!

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    Nov 25th 2015, 12:38 PM

    Such a terrible ad! So some kids complained about a make believe ad, I’m writing a complaint to Coca Cola about the use of a make believe person in their ads

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    Nov 25th 2015, 1:56 PM

    What about coke drinking polar bears??

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    Nov 25th 2015, 2:06 PM

    I thought that ad was a bit much like the kids did, but what a comeback obviously this will be the new add on telly, congrats to Three Christmas is about giving you’ve done that for the kids in Athensry eat your heart out John Lewis

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    Nov 25th 2015, 3:01 PM

    Three should probably get to grips with its actual problems rather than turn the letter into another advertising ploy

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    Nov 25th 2015, 3:58 PM

    Bloody well done 3 great response.

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