Keep on trucking
The iconic Coca‑Cola Christmas truck is visiting cities around the UK
Christmas is finally here, and to celebrate the start of the festive season we’re sending our iconic Christmas truck around the UK, bringing Coca‑Cola magic to people up and down the country.
The star of the legendary 'Holidays are coming' advert will be touring the country between 14th November and 23rd December 2011, surprising consumers with a selection of festive treats. As part of Coca‑Cola's commitment to sustainability, we'll be offsetting carbon emissions so that each truck's Christmas tour journey is carbon neutral.*
For millions of people across the world, the 'Holidays are coming' advertising campaign is widely recognised for its famous jingle and starts the unofficial countdown to Christmas. This year, we’re really excited to build festive anticipation with the arrival of the iconic Coca‑Cola truck to cities across the UK, propelling the nation into celebratory action and spreading some fun along the way.
Where will the Christmas truck visit?
Join in the festive Coca‑Cola celebrations and visit Coke Zone to find your nearest truck stop.
Q&A with Myleene Klass
How does it feel to be launching the much-loved Coca‑Cola Christmas Truck?
As soon as you hear the music ‘Holidays are Coming’, or as soon as you see the Coke truck it’s just such a magical image – the association itself, guys well done, it’s just Christmas isn’t it?
Does the Coca‑Cola Christmas Truck hold any nostalgia for you?
Hugely because you wait for the adverts, don't you? I think the whole thing is just superb because as soon as you hear the music it’s so intrinsically Christmas - so you wait for that advert and that’s it, it’s time to get Christmas shopping [laughs]. So, as of now, this is my marker point.
What would you classify as your favourite Christmas memory?
For me it was one Christmas where I asked for a little ghetto blaster, like a little mini radio, I just wanted to make mix tapes and I actually got it and all the other Christmas presents were pushed to the side, all the wrapping was pushed to the side. I just went mad when I finally got this little ghetto blaster that I was mad for and everyone got Christmas mix tapes, Easter mix tapes, birthday mix tapes – everything. Now my daughter won’t even know what a mix tape is or a cassette, even writing it out, trying to squeeze your handwriting into the little boxes and stuff.
What’s your ideal Christmas day?
My ideal Christmas day is having a lie-in but that doesn’t really happen anymore. Just waiting for all the family to pile in, staying in your pyjamas as long as you possibly can. Now that I’ve got children I love to spoil the babies and you can just live it through them all over again so Christmas is just getting better and better.
What’s your favourite thing about the holiday season?
It’s nice to have the fact that you have to go see family and friends because life gets in the way, whereas with Christmas and the holiday season in general, when you are having that social time and just catching up and finding out how the year has been, it’s such an important time. For me, it just reminds me again to try and do that through the year, which we never get around to doing in the year really.
*Certified by Carbon Footprint Ltd (November 2011), based on each truck's estimated fuel usage plus an additional 20% margin.
