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O2 Community 2018 Advent Calendar

Marjo — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 16:22:00 GMT

Hi everyone!

It's almost time to start counting down to Christmas!! Some of you might remember our fun 12 Days of Christmas activity from last year with lots of holiday-themed topics...

We're shaking things up a bit this time and making this activity BIGGER: instead of 12 days, we will have a full

Community Advent Calendar, counting down to Christmas Day from December 1st!

How will it work?

From December 1st, we will be posting one holiday-themed topic per day, until the last one on the 25th December.
Each morning, you can see that a new window is unlocked in the above calendar. You can click through it to the topic of the day.
We'd love to see you participating in the topics and having fun!

Let's get the countdown to Christmas started! Can't wait to talk about everything Christmas in the coming month!

Update: We now have a few Christmas prizes to give away at the end of the advent calendar! Please see the details HERE.

Re: O2 Community 2018 Advent Calendar

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:11:15 GMT

Sounds fun!

Re: O2 Community 2018 Advent Calendar

Cleoriff — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:37:30 GMT

@Marjo

As this is Christmas themed, I'm going to jump the gun before tomorrow.

Just to say how disappointed I am this year with the John Lewis Christmas advert. Eagerly awaited every year and what a let down for 2018.

Featuring Elton John and flicking backwards through his life. Ending with a little lad (supposedly him) dashing downstairs on Christmas morning to unwrap a large full size piano!!

Loved the fact that Lidl or Aldi hit back in the press, stating "why pay £896 for a piano, when we can offer your child this keyboard for £18.99".

Re: O2 Community 2018 Advent Calendar

jonsie — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 21:50:43 GMT

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gmarkj — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 22:27:58 GMT

Look forward to seeing what the topics are.
Not seen that @Cleoriff but very amusing!

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Glory1 — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 02:17:06 GMT

Good to know that I'm not the only one who dislikes John Lewis' Christmas advert this year. Not very Christmassy. I mean I like Elton John but.....what's the point? So his family got a piano for Christmas and he became the mega star we see now. No mention that he's actually a trained pianist; he didn't just sit down and start playing.

Anyway don't like the advert. I think John Lewis wasted their money.

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Cleoriff — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 08:13:12 GMT

Indeed. Bring back Buster the Boxer...(at least that had the ahh factor. ):upside_down:

The piano advert smacks of elitism to me..I also don't think Mrs Dwight would have had the money to buy a piano outright...even back in those days. lol

Re: O2 Community 2018 Advent Calendar

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 10:40:36 GMT

Not seen it but heard the uproar. Can't stand Reg anyway..

Re: O2 Community 2018 Advent Calendar

Cleoriff — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 10:53:18 GMT

Oh just realised Day 1 has been opened on the calendar graphic.

Very exciting. Where's my chocolate penny?

Re: O2 Community 2018 Advent Calendar

Marjo — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 15:03:59 GMT

Day 8 is now open! I hope you've been enjoying the discussion topics so far.

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Anonymous — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 15:52:20 GMT

Trying to participate, but its very difficult when you ain't the festive type

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jonsie — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 01:54:28 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Trying to participate, but its very difficult when you ain't the festive type

Amen to that....or is that festive

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Anonymous — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 09:36:29 GMT

Community minded (begrudgingly)

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Marjo — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:56:13 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Trying to participate, but its very difficult when you ain't the festive type

Very nice to see you participating regardless @Anonymous! Appreciated.

Re: O2 Community 2018 Advent Calendar

Martin-O2 — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 12:28:56 GMT

Hey everyone,

We’ve got some great news to share. Santa has been down the chimney at the O2 offices a little early and has left us some presents to share with the community!

We have 3 x 6-month Netflix Vouchers which will be given away to three lucky members (1 voucher each) who've participated in our Community Advent Calendar discussions. The great news is many of you are eligible through taking part already, and there's still plenty of time to get involved in the Christmas fun if you haven't yet participated! If you win, you can use the prize for yourself, or as per the spirit of the holiday, share with someone else.

Every O2 community member who has taken part in the Advent Calendar threads will have their name put in a hat, and the first three names drawn will win a 6 month Netflix Voucher. For those who have not yet participated, then the last day to get involved will be 25 December 2018. Winners will be chosen by way of a lucky draw ‘name in the hat’ and announced here on the community on 27 December 2018.

Please note: The Netflix vouchers expire on the 31 December 2018, so you will only have a few days to redeem the code if you're one of the lucky winners - so we'd recommend using it as soon as we send it to you via DM.

Can't wait to see all the discussions! So get involved in the topics, share your thoughts, traditions and opinions and keep an eye on this thread towards the end of the year for the winners announcement. You can find all the available topics through the calendar windows above.

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Re: O2 Community 2018 Advent Calendar

MI5 — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:27:56 GMT

Great news

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Cleoriff — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:44:31 GMT

Good luck to all of us who have participated

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Martin-O2 — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 15:16:48 GMT

Good luck everyone and a special thanks to @Chris_K for securing the Netflix vouchers from Santa!

Re: O2 Community 2018 Advent Calendar

pgn — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 15:20:36 GMT

Oooh.... The Christmas Spirit is strong with this one, @Marjo and @Martin-O2 and @EmilieT!

Thanks @Chris_K!

Re: O2 Community 2018 Advent Calendar

Cleoriff — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:40:04 GMT

Yes thanks @Chris_K.