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The Man With All The Toys
Elton John (Holiday) Lyrics

He's the man with all the toys
Someone found a lighted house late one night
And he saw through the window a sight
A big man in a chair
And little tiny men everywhere
He's the man with all the toys

Well how thrilled that someone must have been
And he must have been tempted to go in
He stayed out in the cold

And when he left them he told
About the man with all the toys

He's the man with all the toys
The man with all the toys
He's the man with all the toys

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BRIAN DOUGLAS WILSON, MIKE E. LOVE

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Soy Hassivie

2y↑608

My mom gave me a toy stethoscope when I was 7 years old and today I am a doctor. This is the most heart touching comercial I've ever seen because this happened to me too but in a different way. Thank you mom for that gift that changed my life and gave to me a passion to live for. ♥♥

EBOJFM DBOOJOH

18w↑1

My mum bought my Dad a set of kitchen knives and he became a serial killer.

Soy Hassivie

22w

@Jude B HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You are so funny ❤️

Jude B

22w

hope you lose someone on operating table

Soy Hassivie

24w

@S J M Hahaha I love your sense of humor.

S J M

24w↑5

I got an axe one Christmas. I'm writing this from prison for mass murder. . Wish I'd been given a stethoscope.

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MFelicity777

2y↑541

Made me cry......he wrote the soundtrack for an entire generation.

Ish

14w

His music spoke to everybody. That’s how special it is

Richard Thornett

1y↑3

Absolutely 💓

brandin watson

2y↑10

There should be a s at the end of generation....

Jason Fideler

2y↑673

Literally one of the best commercials I've seen. Heartwarming

Lucas GALLIANO

19w

i m ok with you bro very good

H.S

32w

Hands down

mel grant

51w

@Bruh Moment no you

Bruh Moment

51w↑2

@mel grant shut up

mel grant

2y↑1

Rather have McDonald's new ad
More festive

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PurpleOwlAnimation

2y↑706

To the people not understanding, it’s about the thought put into the gifts given during Christmas time. He was given a piano and it changed his entire life, you could give someone something that radically changes their life.

Biggie Smalls

17w

@Patrick A. Crawley no one cares

Robert McNeill

23w

@Star Lore
... Hence my sarcastic remark.

Star Lore

23w↑1

@Robert McNeill why does it matter if he turned gay, I’m sick of religion trying to make someone that they are not, religion was made out of ignorance and that’s it

sam carey

27w

I think it’s also a tribute to his mum who died shortly before they filmed it

wannabeeboy

@Carrie's Comments Beautifull

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david price

2y↑393

if you are over 50, this man's gift is the music of your life.

Ish

14w↑1

What if you’re 16 and he’s just the best thing that ever happened to you?

Rachael Crawley

16w

29, have seen him in concert twice, and love everything he writes!

Rage Gaming

28w↑1

15 and this mans gift is the music of my life

Alice Backhurst

31w↑1

I’m 16 and he’s my favourite... I have tickets for his tour

Jamamamama

35w↑1

Not even if your over 50 I’m 14 and I love his music

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Justin Shea

27w↑61

It's like watching Rocketman in two and a half minutes!

Sarthak Chandra

15w↑1

In reverse

Vinny Banana

16w↑1

Without the drug addiction and daddy issues lol

Raquel dos Santos

26w

Yeah dude

Sgt.712

2y↑194

The look of the mother as she gazes upon her precious son is beyond words. Excuse me, I've got something in my eye.

rockblueangel

12w

This is my favourite part!

Läski Mestari

14w

@TomMatthews And btw you play the piano pretty damn well, checked out a couple of your vids 😄

Läski Mestari

14w

@TomMatthews Yeah I highly recommend it! I don't normally even read books but it was something that caught my interest and it was pretty funny at times, I have to say :D

Läski Mestari

14w↑1

@TomMatthewsAnd just to clarify, I won't deny the fact that Eltons mother did seem to have a problem with his homosexuality but my point is that the movie obviously doesn't show the full nature of their relationship and it wasn't just arguing, hating etc...

TomMatthews

14w↑1

@Läski Mestari Ye that’s fair. I might have to read the book. :)

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Orleans11

2y↑147

I would love to have seen Elton's reaction when he first saw it.

The Fat Scot

1y↑43

DAMN 0:56 and 1:07 LOOK JUST LIKE HIM

Jason Scott

13w

@Biggie Smalls heavy makeup, there's a great behind the scenes

Biggie Smalls

26w↑1

Probably face recognition

Smilodon Rojas

46w

He went back to being young

Alex Preckler

2y↑152

His parents made a good investment buying to him a piano😂😂

Bruh Moment

52w↑3

Martin Uzunov the piano was a gift, and it’s an upright, not baby grand. And baby grands can actually be pretty cheap

BB/VA

2y↑16

His grandmother gave him her piano.

Mark W

2y↑4

His parents didn't buy him the piano.

Martin Uzunov

2y↑3

He ever paid them back you think? That baby grand probably costs half a house.

Jane Stumpf

2y↑102

Beautiful tribute to his Mum

Kimberly OShea

2y↑1

Jane Stumpf I was thinking the same thing.

wags

2y↑233

There are tears in my eyes.

RedNorton7

Me Too!!!

Trish C

💜

Kathleen Coleman

2y↑2

There were also tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat

Carlos Carrizales

2y↑2

There are eyes in my tears*

Gavin Jones

2y↑96

Pretty sure the timeline for the clips is as follows:
2018->1989->1986->1975->1973->1971->1969->1965 (pub)

Alex

25w↑1

@Chad Gamer it's his US Tour of 1976

Chad Gamer

25w

@Alex that’s the dodgers stadium concert from 1975

Alex

39w

It's actually 1976, not 1975.

Alex

39w

What is the 1975 concert?

Lisa Melroy

2y↑139

This is really beautiful. One gift can change someone's life. Music and the arts matter.

Lisa Melroy

2y↑3

@nobodiescats That's my point, although maybe I didn't express it as clearly as I should have. The arts matter, to the artists and to the people who appreciate it. The arts need support, including financial.

nobodiescats

tell that to the thousands of artists with several jobs to pay for their art, because it doesn't pay for itself.

J M

2y↑63

That kid is a spitting image of him.

Paul Haggisman

13w

Heavy makeup

Jason Scott

13w↑1

There is an adorable behind the scenes with this child Actor who says that he understands that it is Christmas and he is very excited

Ish

14w

@__JAMIWU__ yes it would. Zachary and Elijah are surrogates I think

JAMIWU

15w

@S M That wouldn't be possible with a resemblance of him.

S M

18w↑1

He definitely is. I often wondered was it his own son..

emily sauriol

2y↑52

my dad is a teacher. in a staff meeting he recently had, he had shown this video to the staff. at the end of the video he stated that in math, even if you show one way to solve a problem, that could make it click for a kid. what my dad was trying to get across is that a kid might be so close to the answer, and all they needed was something to set it off. now ever since that kid found that strategy and solved that math question, maybe he’s a huge mathimatition, or a coder for a video game, who knows. the little things matter.

luckyotter

2y↑45

I can't stop watching this commercial. Perfect in every way.

Àlex Badenes

2y↑10

First Christmas without my parents, this song is one of my favorites and it’s for you....Dad & mum...I will always love iu

Alex Stone

2y↑22

One of the most emotional ads ever

tom hinton

2y↑12

Absolutely wonderful. Stunning. A trip down memory lane. Thank you.

Nabil Mattar

2y↑32

Very impressive.
How wonderful to watch in few minutes flashback of decades of great career ,passing through different great performances of a great song through out time , landing when he was a teen age boy playing piano further back through school days , to discover at the end that this piano was a Christmas gift from his mother in his childhood.
Wonderfully crafted video .

Beans on toast

22w

Are people like forgetting this is a Christmas advert and an advert for Jhon Lewis

Deborah Baxter

36w↑1

A gift from his Grandmother!!!!!! I played Grandma in the commercial!!!! It was me who gave it to him.

JohnHazelwood58

2y↑34

onions! who is cuttin onions right now? o_O where is my tissue ... ?

Doom Spidey

41w↑1

Sorry fam my bad

Chłøë Gäffnëÿ

2y↑75

I’m not crying I swear💔😭

Raul Rojas Benjamin

Liarsss! !!!

Ocrilat

2y↑1

Yea that's me.

sandspringsgirl

2y↑32

I love this so much!

Barre Flynn

2y↑11

made me cry. those were my fingers when I was five. now I am 70

Syallom Natalia Sekeon

25w

God bless u sir:)

aidan kearney

2y↑10

Beautiful, and what a gift to the world has Elton's music 🎶 been.

Jazzrengue

2y↑21

Loved it!!

bluesboy25000

2y↑7

I watched this at work and nearly teared up at my desk. Perfection.

O O

2y↑9

You no what , I thought is was a bloody good advert , think of a present that could change your kid's life this year , its not all about letting your kid's be brain mushed with video games. ....

Aj Valencia

2y↑14

Not a artist today gives that energy into a performance the way he did when he jumped on the piano to get the crowd into it

Shelby T

2y↑7

I really love this advert plus love Eltons music it’s about how something like a gift could transform your life, so it is different from the other Christmas adverts they do but original

France Clémence Fradet

1y↑5

Worried I was a sociopath as the 2019 ad left me entirely unmoved. Watched this one to check and shed a tear. Personality disorder diagnosis negative. Phew!

David DeCouto

42w↑2

In two minutes this commercial mops the floor with the two-hour Glee episode known as “Rocketman.”

Jeff Putnam

2y↑49

Okay I’m crying...😪

produtiva Camera Crew Portugal

não chore @Léo Silveira

Action Media Productions

2y↑1

Jeff Putnam so is this Jeff...several times.

Gerardo Molina

2y↑2

and me and my wife

Léo Silveira

2y↑3

Me too!

Marisol Gomez

2y↑16

Loved this!!! ♥

Subterranean Homesick Alien

2y↑6

Damn it I'm crying.

Flavia Collado

2y↑9

I'm not crying! It's just a memory inside my eye! 😞

VivienLadyO

That is a beautiful and original and entirely fitting way to put it .......

Bill T

2y↑16

Jesus! Now I'm balling my eyes out! I'm losing my mom to alzheimers and I haven't cry about it until today because I have to be strong for her. The combination of the lyrics and the visuals just put me over the edge. Thanks, I guess.

David Shortt

2y↑49

So well done. Brilliant. In a world of crap and hacking it together, thank God for companies like John Lewis.

Susie Owen

38w↑5

Makes me cry....years gone by...some people sadly now just a memory. 😭

titus322

2y↑8

WOW!

Barb5001

2y↑2

The pint of this is, music appreciation can start when you are very young

Gabriel Rodriguez

23w↑2

When Christmas is coming i always love see this video.

Smilodon Rojas

46w↑3

Even if his voice changes, he is a living legend 😊😊

elusivemonk

2y↑12

Greatness comes from many tiny steps

I love history ALOT

1y↑2

This gave me the chills the first time I saw it. It is the best commercial ever.

Randall Morales

2y↑1

amazing feeling, the thrue christmas feeling, Love it!!

Ethan Price

2y↑4

I know the advert's purpose was celebrating gift giving and its significance during this time of year. Yet as musicians, more often than not, we have to give all credit and thanks to our parent(s) for their support in our passion for music. I will always cherish my first instrument given to me by my mom. Her love for music and her endeavor to instill that same love in me, will always be foremost in my heart.

The Voices of Rick Wilkerson

2y↑2

Got goose bumps and misty eyes,only a lost soul could give this a thumb down.

Santa M.

2y↑3

All this is great,YOU'RE GREAT💕

elsisters

1y↑3

Superb!! Every time that I watch it like more..greetings from 🇺🇾

alessandro rigobello

1y↑1

Moving. A lifelong listening to this absolute masterpiece. Such a honouring video to a genius.

Anne Meredith

2y↑2

This is a brilliant commercial. Many of us have a similar story. Mine was a typewriter. Some gifts are indeed more than a gift.

Juliana Ding

2y↑7

Who's still watching this after Rocketman?

Jleone leone

42w

Not gonna lie I didn’t like rocket man

Angela Blumberg

2y↑1

This by far is one of the BEST commercials that I've seen ! EJ is amazing that the message is truly an incredible one.

Naba Asrar

2y↑2

stole my heart. amazing

Nabilah Khairunnisa

I'm not crying, my eyes are just sweating. 🥺❤❤

Benjamin Evan

On my other account I’ve been subbed since 50k

David 1382

42w↑2

I always wondered how they did the commercial :’(

Matthew Mulholland

23w

From the movie ROCKETMAN which was released 8 months AFTER.

GildaLee27

This is so beautiful. (The advert's pretty good, too.) ;-D

Amun Hotep

2y↑1

One of the few adverts I want to watch again and again

It's Complicated

TV show, "The View" sent me over here LOL!

DK_Bastian's Twitch

29w

I love the Sound from his tour in Australia wish i could figure it out!😍😍

Nowhere Man

2y↑6

Huh, the predecessor to Rocket man.

Raquel dos Santos

29w

Yeah dude

Nikita

34w

Can someone find the concerts that were in this commercial? I know there’s the Red Piano and Dodger Stadium, but I don’t know the rest

Alex Drastiko

16w

I'm not crying, i just have a Grand Piano in my eye.

EV 33333

When I’m older I really want to be a contortionist like sofie dossi, I’m asking for a gym mat and a beam for Christmas and I showed my mum this advert, this Christmas I really think I’m going to get the present I want😂😏

Alyx Bryce

Just crumpled into an emotional heap🥰🥰major feels❤️🤘🏻

home home

2y↑2

Why am I crying oml!!!!😭😭😭

Diane O

2y↑1

WOW!! Huge tears in my eyes . . .

livemusik0

❤️ Amazing

LadyYoop

I am in tears....this is so beautiful...THANK YOU....so WELL DONE!

Merricat

2y↑1

My favorite EJ song.
What a wonderful commercial.
He is pretty magnificent.

Andrew mcbride

Beautifully done. Love it big time .

Nando MC

WOW!... I just LOVE IT... from head to toe... LOVE it!!!

Mez

23w↑1

you watch this advert thinking omg so wholesome
Then you watch rocketman and realise how mean and neglectful his mum was to him f

Silvina Flores

52w↑1

Si un día llegas a leer este mensaje te extraño y amo Yakaly. ❤️

Suzanne Reilman

2y↑4

...how UTTERLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Maaaa-jor case of da feels...:)!!!👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

Lori Badgero

Thank you for sharing that piece of your life with us!

Snobby Politics

WOW!!!! Absolutely amazing!

Margaret Hess

I love everything about this!

Kaculik91

So, I went to see The Rocketman tonight. This song started to play, I instantly remembered the commercial. His mother was portrated quite differently in a movie. I know this is just an and and more importantly - that's not even the point.

Coshcosh

2y↑12

How did they do the scenes where he’s younger? Looks so real

Deborah Baxter

35w

Coshcosh yes saw the movie. Sorry I didn’t play the grandmother in the film! You can find the making of the John Lewis commercial on youtube

Coshcosh

35w

poppyandpinky wow!!! Congratulations!!! Have you seen the movie Rocketman

Deborah Baxter

36w↑1

All actors except for at the end. With prothethis. Absolutely fabulous! I played Grandmother!

Coshcosh

42w

Jason Scott where can i find that?

Jason Scott

42w↑1

There is a making of documentary and you can see that they used actors who were very similar and then given extra prosthetics to go all the way.

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lexingtonff

Wow, amazing!

Pauline Murphy

brilliant I love it 💕

Witchy Woman

Wow!!! ❤️

C W

2y↑1

Sad advert. Reminds me of my dad who died 7 year ago at the end, when he plays the piano. My dad tried but he wasent the same when he was going

Syallom Natalia Sekeon

25w↑1

im so sorry for ur loss,God bless ur family❤

matt09

45w

One of the best commercial in my whole life

James D. Wheeler

It felt comforting to have witnessed most of the different stages of career!

honeybaby byrd

I can only hope that I encouraged my children this much. Beautiful video and beautiful music!

A Singh

2y↑2

Awesome on every level

Christian Leonardo

everytime I wanna shed a tear I come here.

tokyo tokyo

46w

映画「ロケットマン」の予告編みたい。このCMの母親と映画の母親はずいぶん違うけど笑。泣けるCMです。

Martin Fraser

21w

For some reason the screen goes really blurry every time at the end of this one. Must be something wrong with my laptop.

Meme Terraza

Buen video, love it😃

Dyro Jay

46w↑6

This is so wholesome but if you saw the movie the mother was a complete bit 😂😂

Chris Clennon

The subtitles on this video are so bad that it must have been done on purpose. Example: "It may be quite simple but" is in the video as "it may be quads... That is duh" 🤣

Daisy Ann

Wow, just wow!

Michael Lewis

2y↑4

the cynicism by so many here is truly sad. hope your lives get better bitter people!!

David Pacheco

Speechless 💕💞💗

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