This Polish Christmas Ad Is Going Viral And You’ll Understand Why Once You See It

Allegro, the most popular Polish online auction has released a touching Christmas commercial. It’s a story about an elderly Pole who orders a book called “English For Beginners” and starts a mission to learn a new language.

Created by Warsaw-based agency Bardzo, “English” makes a statement that things can carry a deep and profound purpose. As the old man goes on with his quest we laugh at the funny scenes and can’t help but wonder “Why is he going through all of this?”

More info: YouTube (h/t)

Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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Sarah Terry 7 years ago

Who's the jerk cutting onions nearby *sniffle*

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Kazandra Asaha 7 years ago

I'm looking for that jerk as well

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Alexandra Santos 7 years ago

i was just thinking about how silly i was for crying because of this. thank you.

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Lucia Colaco 7 years ago

What a jerk. * Sob*

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Craig Ross 7 years ago

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Lady Lavender 7 years ago

nice and touching.. next year they can do sequel: grandchild learning Polish with grandpa helping

23points

Cathy Johannes 7 years ago

"I will f****** kill you." Sigh! Funny but sad commentary about culture/movies.

17points

Stephanie Martin 7 years ago

That made me laugh

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Quant 7 years ago

I won't deny it, I might have shed a tear or two...

16points

Melody Lanzatella 7 years ago

This should win best commercial for 2016!!!

15points

Maria Ivanova 7 years ago

Immigrants Christmas... Bring tears to my eyes, but I love it! Merry Christmas everyone!

12points

Maryanne White 7 years ago

As an American of mostly Polish decent, I wept like a baby missing my Babcia (grandmother) and Djaju (grandfather). Would love to have one more truly Polish Christmas with them!

9points

Sebastian Augustyn 7 years ago

Your wrote 'Babcia' correct, however it is 'Dziadziu' for grandfather ;)

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Natalia Derewońko 7 years ago

I'm Polish and I love this adv :) And it's nice to see something different on TV than low prizes :) . It's just heartwarming as Christmas should be... Marry Christmas to all of You 😊

8points

Nini 7 years ago

No, I did not need my heart, no problem. Truly a heartwarming story - as someone with an international family, I love it!

6points

Relax ! NIE ! 7 years ago

I`m gonna f****n kill You :D

4points

penelope 7 years ago

Made me almost cry at work!

4points

Diana Anna 7 years ago

I love it defiantly made me cry :-( such a sweet advert best one I've seen in a long time :-)

3points

Olkus Chopperman 7 years ago

It's even more touching for Poles since a lot of us left the country looking for a better life and hundred of thousands families are broken up this way...

3points

Pol Macqueron 7 years ago

And then what wille he say? "I mf*cking kill you" or "I love you"? Just trying to make fun of it but I'm actually deeply moved

3points

sim sim 7 years ago

I highly recomend to watch their polish legends series - it's a series of short films (20 min max) that showcase futurustic look on, you guesed it, polish legends. They have the best polish actors as stars and are incredibly well done.

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Minh Hồng 7 years ago

can you share the links please, i'd love to watch

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JoAnne Klein 7 years ago

Poignant and also makes an enormously strong statement about the closeness of families, the difficulties of being far apart, and the joy of coming together. A wonderful story about holidays and their real meaning.

2points

Bo Bednar 7 years ago

It's like UP only in real life, not with balloons.

2points

FlowerChild 7 years ago

Love this!

2points

Đen Nguyễn 7 years ago

i love you. you are perfect!

2points

Nicole Rosandich 7 years ago

Oh my heavens, that is a great one!

2points

Veronika Grundova 7 years ago

So beautiful and funny in the same time :) Iam in tears :)

2points

Evi L 7 years ago

darn those ninja cutting onions ;-;

2points

Stephanie Martin 7 years ago

Aww, that made me cry

2points

Dee Leggett 7 years ago

@CeciliaJudice Perhaps his visit was a complete surprise for the family. Or he asked them not to get him so he could surprise them with his

2points

Princess Batdad 7 years ago

WHY AM I CRYING????!!!!!!!

2points

Elaine Welsh 7 years ago

One of the best ads I've seen made me cry 😭👍👌

2points

Dorota Sawicka 7 years ago

piękna reklama! jestem dumna że wymyślili ją Polacy :) Życzę wszystkim spokojnych, spędzonych w gronie rodziny i przyjaciół Świąt!

1point

Łukasz Myka 7 years ago

https://youtu.be/v9qmLF9yDs8 :) another one

1point

Natika Rae 7 years ago

I am not crying. This in no way reminds me of every Polish relative I have watched struggling with English and fills my heart with warmth and glee. Nope nope

1point

Debra Ová 7 years ago

Why does the little girl not speak Polish? Just because they live in a different country doesn't mean they should abandone their roots

1point

Full Name 7 years ago

You watched this and that's your takeaway?

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Amy Carter 7 years ago

I was waiting for the punch line, but this was soooo much better!

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get in 7 years ago

Now that was too sweet. Nothing to do with Christmas, just being able to converse in English to his new grandson. Sorry, can't tell if it's a girl or boy.

1point

Jacek Pawlowski 7 years ago

This is what we call John Lewiski ;)

1point

Lisbeth Hviid Jakobsen 7 years ago

*sniffle*...

1point

Kaitlynn Bailey-Park 7 years ago

So lovely and funny!

1point

Sinope Espedal 7 years ago

I love it, my eyes get watery every time I get to the end :)

1point

Geco 7 years ago

im crying

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Marcos Zamarripa 7 years ago

Noooo, now I'm crying cuz I miss my nieces. :'(

1point

Susanna Vesna 7 years ago

It is morning and I am tearing up!

1point

Lizzy 7 years ago

Fantastic!!

1point

Elektra Skepta 7 years ago

Sobbing. Stupid allergies...

1point

Christopher Jaworski 7 years ago

check the rest of their commercials theyre genius!

1point

Alex Wickens 7 years ago

I wish that I could like it more than once

1point

Dimitri Santos 7 years ago

Super cute

1point

Boboc Daniel 7 years ago

I was like don't be about alzheimer, glad to be wrong

1point

Bella Rees 7 years ago

so sweet and funny i love it

1point

rain deer 7 years ago

For us, Poles, it is quite sad advertisement. For the son, to whom drove the old man is in the UK, because probably in Poland he could not find a good job, or any job. So he left the country, like many other young Polish people and settled down in UK. Older people remain in Poland, often alone, longing for their children.

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Dog 7 years ago

Bardziej smutne jest to ze ojciec nie uczy dziecka swojego jezyka :P

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Sergio Bicerra 7 years ago

Hi, i'm in tears :'( Lovely ad.

1point

Sarah Blanche Brinsfield 7 years ago

All the feels!

1point

Doug Stringham 7 years ago

It's a very moving and poignant piece. In the end, these are the types of human connections that we will remember the most and hold dear.

0points

TheReader19 7 years ago

Tears any one?

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Full Name 7 years ago

Like a baby.

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Hollzie Arwen 7 years ago

When he meet the small girl I thought he was gonna say, "Hi, I'm going to f**king kill you"

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Bev Anderson 7 years ago

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Bill Passfield 7 years ago

He'd have to be a one in a billion Grandpas.

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Marek Konopiński 7 years ago

yes its a good one ... but this one -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9qmLF9yDs8 is as good as the "english for begginers"

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Anna McHugh 7 years ago

It would have been funny if he'd bent down and said, 'Hi -You're perfect. I'm gonna f***ing kill you.'

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Steph S 7 years ago

Someone could have warned about the bad language because I let my little one watch.. ugh 😑 I liked it personally but still next time put warnings on this stuff lol

0points

Mark McKendrick 7 years ago

Dragarazzi De Jonge: Exactly!

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Nanuli Chitashvili 7 years ago

great! I love it, it is amazing, the plot is very deep and meaningful, the last part is especially the best. well done !

0points

Mystique 7 years ago

Made me cry when I watched it, then again when I showed it to my kids! So sweet I love it!

0points

Sonia Kwiecinska 7 years ago

Please excuse me...I'll just be sitting in a corner crying for a few hours

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Ajda Boksic Filipovic 7 years ago

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Anna Salerno 7 years ago

What a feel good video must share this on FB... I loved it!

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Janet Williamson 7 years ago

:'(

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Dylan Barsby 7 years ago

Damn you boredpanda. Making my eyes leak again.

0points

Lianna Lukimto 7 years ago

soo adorable!!

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Ziem Ch 7 years ago

The first one from this series is also great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRogOHSjH8 Like in one Ikea commercial "It doesn't have to be ideal to be perfect" :)

0points

Robert Gleń 7 years ago

The previous two were very good as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iTsrettz3c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDiZI8UroeE

0points

Hańka 7 years ago

Nice, but... rather similar to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy7fxLwfOnQ&feature=share

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Carly Botting 7 years ago

What has the video got to do with it?

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Aleandros Maderek 7 years ago

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Quant 7 years ago

Well you only opened an account here to start a flame war, but I'll bite anyway because you're an idiot. People like you should learn something from this, like oh I don't know, acceptance of other people perhaps? Broadening our horizons as human beings. Opening up to differences. You know how I know you're an idiot? It's not because you don't like this ad, it's because of your stipulation of his skin color. You don't even have to be racist, you're just a xenophobe. This ad fights people like you, schmucks that live in the 19th and 20th century, that would prefer to close the borders and simmer in their own pile of... Please do us all a favor and go away.

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Kasia Tyga 7 years ago

it's not like "HE MUST".. he "WANTS", because love is in things you do. It's xmass story not a political documentary. Enjoy the spirit.

12points

Bella Rees 7 years ago

whose to say the child doesn't speak english and if he doesn't yet what does it matter. It's a Christmas advert. Ignorant racist a*****e.

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Sarah Terry 7 years ago

Who's the jerk cutting onions nearby *sniffle*

104points

Kazandra Asaha 7 years ago

I'm looking for that jerk as well

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Alexandra Santos 7 years ago

i was just thinking about how silly i was for crying because of this. thank you.

3points

Lucia Colaco 7 years ago

What a jerk. * Sob*

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Craig Ross 7 years ago

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Lady Lavender 7 years ago

nice and touching.. next year they can do sequel: grandchild learning Polish with grandpa helping

23points

Cathy Johannes 7 years ago

"I will f****** kill you." Sigh! Funny but sad commentary about culture/movies.

17points

Stephanie Martin 7 years ago

That made me laugh

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Quant 7 years ago

I won't deny it, I might have shed a tear or two...

16points

Melody Lanzatella 7 years ago

This should win best commercial for 2016!!!

15points

Maria Ivanova 7 years ago

Immigrants Christmas... Bring tears to my eyes, but I love it! Merry Christmas everyone!

12points

Maryanne White 7 years ago

As an American of mostly Polish decent, I wept like a baby missing my Babcia (grandmother) and Djaju (grandfather). Would love to have one more truly Polish Christmas with them!

9points

Sebastian Augustyn 7 years ago

Your wrote 'Babcia' correct, however it is 'Dziadziu' for grandfather ;)

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Natalia Derewońko 7 years ago

I'm Polish and I love this adv :) And it's nice to see something different on TV than low prizes :) . It's just heartwarming as Christmas should be... Marry Christmas to all of You 😊

8points

Nini 7 years ago

No, I did not need my heart, no problem. Truly a heartwarming story - as someone with an international family, I love it!

6points

Relax ! NIE ! 7 years ago

I`m gonna f****n kill You :D

4points

penelope 7 years ago

Made me almost cry at work!

4points

Diana Anna 7 years ago

I love it defiantly made me cry :-( such a sweet advert best one I've seen in a long time :-)

3points

Olkus Chopperman 7 years ago

It's even more touching for Poles since a lot of us left the country looking for a better life and hundred of thousands families are broken up this way...

3points

Pol Macqueron 7 years ago

And then what wille he say? "I mf*cking kill you" or "I love you"? Just trying to make fun of it but I'm actually deeply moved

3points

sim sim 7 years ago

3points

Minh Hồng 7 years ago

can you share the links please, i'd love to watch

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JoAnne Klein 7 years ago

2points

Bo Bednar 7 years ago

It's like UP only in real life, not with balloons.

2points

FlowerChild 7 years ago

Love this!

2points

Đen Nguyễn 7 years ago

i love you. you are perfect!

2points

Nicole Rosandich 7 years ago

Oh my heavens, that is a great one!

2points

Veronika Grundova 7 years ago

So beautiful and funny in the same time :) Iam in tears :)

2points

Evi L 7 years ago

darn those ninja cutting onions ;-;

2points

Stephanie Martin 7 years ago

Aww, that made me cry

2points

Dee Leggett 7 years ago

@CeciliaJudice Perhaps his visit was a complete surprise for the family. Or he asked them not to get him so he could surprise them with his

2points

Princess Batdad 7 years ago

WHY AM I CRYING????!!!!!!!

2points

Elaine Welsh 7 years ago

One of the best ads I've seen made me cry 😭👍👌

2points

Dorota Sawicka 7 years ago

piękna reklama! jestem dumna że wymyślili ją Polacy :) Życzę wszystkim spokojnych, spędzonych w gronie rodziny i przyjaciół Świąt!

1point

Łukasz Myka 7 years ago

https://youtu.be/v9qmLF9yDs8 :) another one

1point

Natika Rae 7 years ago

I am not crying. This in no way reminds me of every Polish relative I have watched struggling with English and fills my heart with warmth and glee. Nope nope

1point

Debra Ová 7 years ago

Why does the little girl not speak Polish? Just because they live in a different country doesn't mean they should abandone their roots

1point

Full Name 7 years ago

You watched this and that's your takeaway?

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Amy Carter 7 years ago

I was waiting for the punch line, but this was soooo much better!

1point

get in 7 years ago

Now that was too sweet. Nothing to do with Christmas, just being able to converse in English to his new grandson. Sorry, can't tell if it's a girl or boy.

1point

Jacek Pawlowski 7 years ago

This is what we call John Lewiski ;)

1point

Lisbeth Hviid Jakobsen 7 years ago

*sniffle*...

1point

Kaitlynn Bailey-Park 7 years ago

So lovely and funny!

1point

Sinope Espedal 7 years ago

I love it, my eyes get watery every time I get to the end :)

1point

Geco 7 years ago

im crying

1point

Marcos Zamarripa 7 years ago

Noooo, now I'm crying cuz I miss my nieces. :'(

1point

Susanna Vesna 7 years ago

It is morning and I am tearing up!

1point

Lizzy 7 years ago

Fantastic!!

1point

Elektra Skepta 7 years ago

Sobbing. Stupid allergies...

1point

Christopher Jaworski 7 years ago

check the rest of their commercials theyre genius!

1point

Alex Wickens 7 years ago

I wish that I could like it more than once

1point

Dimitri Santos 7 years ago

Super cute

1point

Boboc Daniel 7 years ago

I was like don't be about alzheimer, glad to be wrong

1point

Bella Rees 7 years ago

so sweet and funny i love it

1point

rain deer 7 years ago

1point

Dog 7 years ago

Bardziej smutne jest to ze ojciec nie uczy dziecka swojego jezyka :P

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Sergio Bicerra 7 years ago

Hi, i'm in tears :'( Lovely ad.

1point

Sarah Blanche Brinsfield 7 years ago

All the feels!

1point

Doug Stringham 7 years ago

It's a very moving and poignant piece. In the end, these are the types of human connections that we will remember the most and hold dear.

0points

TheReader19 7 years ago

Tears any one?

0points

Full Name 7 years ago

Like a baby.

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Hollzie Arwen 7 years ago

When he meet the small girl I thought he was gonna say, "Hi, I'm going to f**king kill you"

0points

Bev Anderson 7 years ago

0points

Bill Passfield 7 years ago

He'd have to be a one in a billion Grandpas.

0points

Marek Konopiński 7 years ago

yes its a good one ... but this one -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9qmLF9yDs8 is as good as the "english for begginers"

0points

Anna McHugh 7 years ago

It would have been funny if he'd bent down and said, 'Hi -You're perfect. I'm gonna f***ing kill you.'

0points

Steph S 7 years ago

Someone could have warned about the bad language because I let my little one watch.. ugh 😑 I liked it personally but still next time put warnings on this stuff lol

0points

Mark McKendrick 7 years ago

Dragarazzi De Jonge: Exactly!

0points

Nanuli Chitashvili 7 years ago

great! I love it, it is amazing, the plot is very deep and meaningful, the last part is especially the best. well done !

0points

Mystique 7 years ago

Made me cry when I watched it, then again when I showed it to my kids! So sweet I love it!

0points

Sonia Kwiecinska 7 years ago

Please excuse me...I'll just be sitting in a corner crying for a few hours

0points

Ajda Boksic Filipovic 7 years ago

0points

Anna Salerno 7 years ago

What a feel good video must share this on FB... I loved it!

0points

Janet Williamson 7 years ago

:'(

0points

Dylan Barsby 7 years ago

Damn you boredpanda. Making my eyes leak again.

0points

Lianna Lukimto 7 years ago

soo adorable!!

0points

Ziem Ch 7 years ago

The first one from this series is also great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRogOHSjH8 Like in one Ikea commercial "It doesn't have to be ideal to be perfect" :)

0points

Robert Gleń 7 years ago

The previous two were very good as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iTsrettz3c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDiZI8UroeE

0points

Hańka 7 years ago

Nice, but... rather similar to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy7fxLwfOnQ&feature=share

0points

Carly Botting 7 years ago

What has the video got to do with it?

-3points

Aleandros Maderek 7 years ago

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Quant 7 years ago

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Kasia Tyga 7 years ago

it's not like "HE MUST".. he "WANTS", because love is in things you do. It's xmass story not a political documentary. Enjoy the spirit.

12points

Bella Rees 7 years ago

whose to say the child doesn't speak english and if he doesn't yet what does it matter. It's a Christmas advert. Ignorant racist a*****e.

4points

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