Confession: Publix holiday commercials turn me to mush.
Maybe it's the music. Maybe it's because I'm already in the holiday spirit. Or maybe it's just good marketing.
Whenever a holiday approaches, I brace myself for a good cry, courtesy of the Lakeland-based supermarket chain.
The ads are like little movies. Even the Spanish-language commercials fill my eyes with lágrimas.
This one from 2008 still gets to me:
But it's not just the commercials around Christmastime. I also got misty-eyed over this Valentine's Day ad:
Even Mother's Day commercial made me tear up... and that was before I became a mom.
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