Chevy Holiday Commercial Shows What America Needs To Get Back To
Chevrolet has a new holiday commercial out that has Americans talking for all the right reasons. It's what we should strive to get back to.
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CHEVY HOLIDAY COMMERCIAL SHOWS WHAT AMERICA NEEDS TO GET BACK TO
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That was good! Feel good commercials are rare these days.
Chevy has made some great Christmas commercials over the years. I remember one about a restored car in a barn. I won't step on your thread by looking it up. Good job, Chevy!
Chevy has made some great Christmas commercials over the years. I remember one about a restored car in a barn. I won't step on your thread by looking it up. Good job, Chevy!
This really struck home with me. My mother suffered through seven years with Alzheimer's before she passed away. We would pick her up at the assisted living facility every Saturday for breakfast at her hometown restaurant. She couldn't remember what day it was but she always recognized the workers and friends at breakfast. It was a really good feeling to get her back for a few hours. Thanks for posting.
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In my Mom's last years I would pick her up at the Nursing home and take her for a ride. She didn't know who I was any more. Every time she would ask what kind of car she was in, and then look over at the steering wheel and see the Bowtie. Then she would say Oh I see it's a Chevrolet.
That is ABSOLUTELY great! It strikes home as I am dealing with someone that has good and bad moments much like shown in the video. Some days the entire wife is there and other times only the body.
What HE said.
My Mom passed of Alzheimer's in 2015, and the old couple in the video reminded me a lot of my folks.
And how great to see an old 3-door Suburban. I'm a Chevy guy, but not a truck guy. I never even knew the 3-door Suburban existed until a couple years ago, when one showed up on Counting Cars--and then, last year, another appeared on AMC's Dark Winds. Not sure what year the Suburban in this video is, but I'm gonna guess a '71 or '72. And with an 8-track tape deck, no less!
Well done, Chevy! If Chevy were running for President in 2024, it would get my vote.
Wow! This is a great commercial. My 1st wife's family all worked at General Motors in skilled trades and last Friday we had her mom's funeral. Her last ride was in a Chevy Suburban which was a fitting send off. Whoever came up with the idea for that commercial really hit it over the center field wall with all the bases loaded
My mom also suffered from Alzheimer's. Passed in 2008 at 69. By the time she was the age I am today we were already seeing symptoms.
I joined this forum the day after her funeral. I was off work and it was too cold to shoot my Security Six at the outdoor range. So, I was just contemplating things while surfing the old inner web and found this place.
I joined this forum the day after her funeral. I was off work and it was too cold to shoot my Security Six at the outdoor range. So, I was just contemplating things while surfing the old inner web and found this place.
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The ad shows respect for old people, their life, and their experiences - things too often ignored and dismissed today. I appreciate that.
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I too truly enjoyed that commercial.
I doubt we'll see it in it's entirety on TV or anything. But it should be aired often,, and loudly!
I, like others here,, have/had personal connections to a person like the elderly lady. Really hits home.
Makes me glad for being a Chevy owner for decades.
I doubt we'll see it in it's entirety on TV or anything. But it should be aired often,, and loudly!
I, like others here,, have/had personal connections to a person like the elderly lady. Really hits home.
Makes me glad for being a Chevy owner for decades.
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I saw that commercial...
My mother developed Alzheimers and my wife and I cared for her in my home for over ten years before her condition became so bad she had to go to a nursing home for the last few months of her life.
The idea that a ride in a truck would return a dementia patient to lucidity for more than a passing moment is ridiculous.
My mother didn't remember my name for years, she referred to me as that other person who lives here.
The part in the commercial about other family members assisting with caring for an Alzheimer patient is equally ludicrous.
I had three siblings that essentially refused to help entirely. My younger sister claims that she helped by taking our mother to her house to give us a break now and then. I don't consider one or two days a year to be much help although she did take her to a restaurant to eat once or twice. The last time she took her to her house to give us a "break", she brought her back late that evening because she became unmanageable. She had classic sundowner syndrome and my sister claimed she couldn't deal with it for one day. My wife and I dealt with it every day for years.
My brother's were never any help and my sister only visited her in the nursing home on the day she suffered her fatal heart attack. I know because I checked if she had any visitors when I stopped there every day after work until she was unable to communicate and confined to her room because she supposedly became violent with staff and other patients.
I still stopped in three or four days a week but she never recognized me or acknowledged that I was even there.
Anybody who believes that ridiculous commercial has no real understanding of what Alzheimers is really like. It destroys more than memories, it changes personalities and tears apart families.
My mother developed Alzheimers and my wife and I cared for her in my home for over ten years before her condition became so bad she had to go to a nursing home for the last few months of her life.
The idea that a ride in a truck would return a dementia patient to lucidity for more than a passing moment is ridiculous.
My mother didn't remember my name for years, she referred to me as that other person who lives here.
The part in the commercial about other family members assisting with caring for an Alzheimer patient is equally ludicrous.
I had three siblings that essentially refused to help entirely. My younger sister claims that she helped by taking our mother to her house to give us a break now and then. I don't consider one or two days a year to be much help although she did take her to a restaurant to eat once or twice. The last time she took her to her house to give us a "break", she brought her back late that evening because she became unmanageable. She had classic sundowner syndrome and my sister claimed she couldn't deal with it for one day. My wife and I dealt with it every day for years.
My brother's were never any help and my sister only visited her in the nursing home on the day she suffered her fatal heart attack. I know because I checked if she had any visitors when I stopped there every day after work until she was unable to communicate and confined to her room because she supposedly became violent with staff and other patients.
I still stopped in three or four days a week but she never recognized me or acknowledged that I was even there.
Anybody who believes that ridiculous commercial has no real understanding of what Alzheimers is really like. It destroys more than memories, it changes personalities and tears apart families.
I remember the last time I visited my Grandmother...she was living in a small assisted living facility at the time. I was there with my Dad, Mom and brother. We chatted for some time about her life with Grandpa in Iowa and the rest of her family, all deceased by then...
As we left, she smiled and said, "I don't know who you are, but thank you so much for coming by..."
I'm now an old man, but my heart still breaks at the thought of it.
Shortly thereafter she caught cold, which quickly progressed to pneumonia, and she was gone, like a candle flickering out in a light breeze.
As we left, she smiled and said, "I don't know who you are, but thank you so much for coming by..."
I'm now an old man, but my heart still breaks at the thought of it.
Shortly thereafter she caught cold, which quickly progressed to pneumonia, and she was gone, like a candle flickering out in a light breeze.
I'm very sorry to hear of your experience. It must have been horrible for you.
However, your experience is NOT universal. My Mom had Alzheimer's and her condition worsened over a period of years. Like the old couple in the commercial, she had "good days and bad days" and Dad took care of her until he just couldn't anymore. When he finally had no choice but to put her in a facility, everyone in the family was relieved for him. She only lived a few months past that time.
I related very much to the people in the video. I'm sorry that you can't. I feel for you, my friend.
That commercial hits to close to home. About 3 weeks ago we got the news that my Wifie of 60 years and who is now 81 has Dementia. I have suspected for the last several months that something was not right with her memory and her trying to make sentences. She is now on a medication that is supposed to keep it from progressing. We will see.
She has also developed a shortness of breath and can not walk 100-200' without resting. We have been to Docs and had several test with no success. This really cuts down on events we had planned.
I can not express how I feel, mainly scared, depressed, and sad.
This is the first I have ever posted a sad post on this forum.
I hope you understand a little of how I feel.
Jim
She has also developed a shortness of breath and can not walk 100-200' without resting. We have been to Docs and had several test with no success. This really cuts down on events we had planned.
I can not express how I feel, mainly scared, depressed, and sad.
This is the first I have ever posted a sad post on this forum.
I hope you understand a little of how I feel.
Jim
Jim, that's horrible news I simply don't have the words. You and Pat will be in my prayers...
I simply don't have the words. You and Pat will be in my prayers...
