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Coca-Cola has officially kicked off the holiday season by announcing their annual truck tour locations.

For the past eight years, the classic brand has sent it’s magical Coca-Cola truck decorated with Christmas lights across the country.

Like the boy in the iconic Holidays are Coming advert, people lineup to watch the twinkling display and snap a photo with the winking Santa Clause.

This year, the tour will begin on the west coast in Galway on November 30th and slowly work it’s way east to Dublin by December 16th.

It will make these stops along the way:

  • Friday 30th November: Galway SC

  • Saturday 1st December: Liffey Valley SC, Dublin

  • Sunday 2nd December: The Parade, Kilkenny

  • Thursday 6th December: Drogheda Retail Park

  • Friday 7th December: Limerick Park Way

  • Saturday 8th December: Mahon Point, Cork

  • Sunday 9th December: Waterford, Winterval

  • Tuesday 11th December: Military Barracks, Tone Street, Ballina

  • Friday 14th December: SSE Odyssey, Belfast

  • Saturday 15th December: Foyleside SC, Derry

  • Sunday 16th December: The Square, Tallaght, Dub

Each Truck Tour stop will feature a glittering winter wonderland setting nestled amongst a festival of lights.

Visitors can try a refreshing can of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Diet Coke or Coca-Cola Original Taste at each stop and enjoy exclusive photography opportunities.

All of the cans will be recycled as part of the company’s World Without Waste campaign.

So make sure to mark your calendar and get ready for the start of a delicious and festive holiday season.

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For the 90s kid, the Coca-Cola Christmas truck is as synonymous with December 25 as Santa himself.

So, it’s little wonder that Twitter has been left saddened to see the world’s most celebrated holiday campaign tampered with in the most unnecessary of ways.

While the majority of the advert has followed the same general theme for the last 21 years, Christmas enthusiasts have noticed that missing from this year’s ad is the animated Santa Claus who winks at the little boy from the back of the Coke lorry.

Fans also discovered that the jingle at the end of the clip had been altered.

After the ad was played on UK television last night, distressed social media users raced online to discuss the changes.

What follows is just a sample of the chaos which ensued:

 

 

Moral of the story?  Don't mess with perfection.

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If you're one of many Irish folks who take the first sighting of the Coca-Cola truck on TV as a sign Christmas has arrived, prepare to get very excited indeed.

Coca-Cola has just revealed that the famous red truck will be cruising its way around Ireland this year, stopping in various Irish towns along the way.

There are 16 stops on the Irish leg of the 2015 Truck Tour – eight Tesco branches and eight Supermac's branches.

If you fancy heading along for a look, you'll not only be entertained by the Dublin Gospel Choir while sipping on a free can of Coke, but you'll also get a free souvenir Polaroid of you and the truck to take away. 

The Holidays Are Comin' truck will make its first Irish stop in Tullamore on November 27, before taking a (pretty bizarre) route around the country – down to Clonmel, up to Maynooth, down to Killarney and more before finally ending the tour in Drogehda on December 21.

Each visit will take place between 4pm and 9pm, and Belfast folks will be able to check out the truck any time between 12pm and 8pm when it pulls in on December 16.

Excited? Here's a little taster to help you along…

 

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