# Faux Santa Ad Spots Mint Mobile's Ad Features "Greg" Who Looks a Lot Like Santa Claus By Ell Smith | Published 2024-01-05 | Marketing Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mint-mobile References: [mintmobile](https://www.mintmobile.com/family-phone-plans/)  Now that the holidays are over, [Mint Mobile](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tilly-norwood) spokesperson and actor Ryan Reynolds thinks Santa Claus is taking on some side gigs. In a new ad, Reynolds jokingly accuses a guy with [a white beard](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dr-squatch-not-santa) and a cheerful attitude of looking a bit too much like Santa Claus. The other guy, claiming to be just a regular person named "Greg," defends himself, saying he didn't come on a reindeer but took a bus instead. Greg eventually becomes so annoyed that he storms off, leaving a smug Reynolds to close off the ad alone. The ad aims to draw attention to [Mint Mobile's latest offering](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cellphone-bill), while playing off the post-holiday spirit in a fresh new way. Image Credit: Mint Mobile ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.7/10 - Popularity: 24% | Activity: 38% | Freshness: 20% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Marketing](https://www.trendhunter.com/marketing) > [Commercials](https://www.trendhunter.com/commercials) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Post-holiday Marketing:** Opportunity for companies to create humorous and relatable advertisements that play off the post-holiday spirit. - **Celebrity Spokespersons:** Increase in the use of well-known celebrities like Ryan Reynolds to promote products and draw attention to brands. - **Unconventional Advertising Techniques:** Growing trend of utilizing unconventional, humor-driven advertisements to capture consumer attention and stand out from the competition. ### Who This Affects Most - **Telecommunications:** Telecom companies can explore innovative ways to market their offerings and engage with customers using post-holiday themes and unconventional advertising techniques. - **Entertainment:** The entertainment industry has the opportunity to leverage celebrity spokespersons to increase brand awareness and create unique promotional campaigns. - **Marketing and Advertising:** The marketing and advertising industry can benefit from incorporating post-holiday marketing strategies and creative, humor-driven advertisements to deliver impactful messages for their clients. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [AI Customer Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tilly-norwood.md) - [Nostalgic Long-Form Infomercials](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mint-mobile-mintfomercial.md) - [Playful Alcohol Ads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aviation-gin-commercial.md) - [Actor-Mimicking Programmed Ads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chatgpt.md) - [Health-Conscious Holiday Drink Ads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tenzing-christmas-ad.md) - [Comedic Christmas Parodies](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/reinfell-ad.md) - [Rental App Holiday Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/santastrophe.md) - [Bacon Holiday Ads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/a-side-of-bacon.md) - [Hilarious Male Grooming Ads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/manscaped-and-pete-davidson.md)