"Some gifts are more than just a gift," the ad concludesEvery year, the British department store chain John Lewis & Partners releases a hotly anticipated, big-budget Christmas Ad.
But the 2018 advertisement opens with something far less fantastical: A pensive-looking Elton John, sitting at a piano in a quiet living room.
He starts to play the opening notes of "Your Song" and then — well, see for yourself.
The ad shows Elton John playing that song over the decades — from his Las Vegas residency in the 2000s back to his Top of the Pops performance in 1971. A series of actors play Elton John as he gets younger and younger (in true-to-life outfits: that hot pink mohawk and star-spangled suit is from 1986.
Extras: Last year's had a lovable monster. Previous installments featured four-legged trampolinists, a lonely man on the moon, a lovelorn penguin, an animated woodland duo.
