Today at Celtic Football Club we are kicking off our Christmas celebrations as we present the 2020 Celtic FC Christmas advert: The Night Before Christmas.

At times like these, it’s more important than ever to spread joy to those around us, and we hope, with a little help from the Hoops that we can do just that for you!

In conjunction with the release of this year’s advert, the club has again reiterated its commitment to helping those in need by making a special £10,000 gift to two very special Mental Health charities, The Roch Talk Project and Glasgow’s Golden Generation.

Celtic FC Foundation’s Football for Good initiative has already distributed around £1MILLION of support to those affected by the pandemic, and today’s donation builds on this magnificent work and continues our support in this hugely important area.

This season, our Bhoys are heroes on and off the pitch as they set out help a very special key worker to save Christmas. Along the way they are helped as always by their team mates who take up the reigns in more ways than one…

Based on the well-known Christmas Poem 'The Night Before Christmas’, we hope this year’s story brings great joy to our supporters at a time when we know they need it most.

The star at the top of the stadium sets our first scene, with our star striker Odsonne looking down the Celtic Way where our story begins… Callum McGregor and Ryan Christie magically appear as if in a dream, and our Christmas Eve adventure gets underway!

After Santa crashes his sleigh and drops the ‘Naughty and Nice’ book, the Bhoys make it their mission to find him and return the book, to help save Christmas! With the Celtic crest at the heart of our story, the pair are transported always just one step behind Santa as he prepares for the big night ahead.

As Santa disappears up the chimney we are met by everyone’s favourite Christmas elf, Leigh Griffiths, and a young boy who dreams of returning to Celtic Park to watch the Champions in action again. Then, as our elf explains that although things may be different right now, Celtic always lives in our hearts, no matter what – the Bhoys are then transported through the crest, on Santa’s trail.

The duo appear in the Celtic Superstore, just as Santa runs out the door, so who better to call upon for help than Santa’s reindeers to help catch up with the man himself!

Needing all the help they can get, they call on the reindeers who come running one by one – Dasher (Jeremie Frimpong), Dancer (Greg Taylor), Prancer (Mohamed Elyounoussi) and Vixen (Albian Ajeti), Comet (Patrick Klimala) and Cupid (Diego Laxalt) and Donner (Mikey Johnston) and Blitzen (Olivier Ntcham) – as the chase for Father Christmas continues!

The reindeers lead us to Santa’s Celtic workshop, where the big man is making his final preparations before setting out for the night. He’s on the move until Nir Bitton, Hatem Elhamed, Shane Duffy and Steven Welsh make a wall to finally stop him in his tracks so the Bhoys can return the book and save Christmas!

Was it all a dream? Or did the Bhoys just save Christmas?

Before we catch our breath to find out, the pair are transported back to the Celtic Way, where they are greeted by their Captain – who gives them one last job to do…

As our story comes to a close, we are reminded that we really are a club like no other, and a family like no other…

Celtic Football Club presents: The night before Christmas