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Faint is a 2-part commercial where Red and Yellow walk around the house and find Santa when they both suddenly realize each exist and Red and Santa faint in shock. Secretly, Yellow decides he has to save Christmas for Santa. Unfortunately, despite his good intentions, he accidentally delivers the presents to the wrong people, but the people with the wrong presents deliver them to the right ones. After waking up, Red assures Yellow that he made Christmas even better.

1st Commercial First Aired: December 2, 1996

1st Commercial's Latest Airing: December 31, 2023

2nd Commercial First Aired: November 28, 2017

2nd Commercial's Latest Airing: December 31, 2022

Script[]

Original (1996)[]

Music: "The Nutcracker" Op. 71a, Act II. "The Land of Sweets" No. 14 "Step of Two" Variation No. 2 in G Major "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" (Andante ma non troppo) By: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  • Red: (hand touches candle light too close) Ow!
  • Yellow: (with a bowl of red and green M&M's) So you think Santa will like these red and green M&M's?
  • Red: I don't know. I never met the guy.
  • Santa: WHAH!!
  • Red: AH!!! He does exist!
  • Santa: They do exist! Ohh...
  • Red: Ohh...
  • (Both Red and Santa faint and candle falls out of Red's hand)
  • (Text: Happy Holidays)
  • Yellow: Uh... Santa?

Original (2004)[]

Music: "The Nutcracker" Op. 71a, Act II. "The Land of Sweets" No. 14 "Step of Two" Variation No. 2 in G Major "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" (Andante ma non troppo) By: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  • Red: (hand touches candle light too close) Ow!
  • Yellow: (with a bowl of red and green M&M's) So you think Santa will like these red and green M&M's?
  • Red: I don't know. I never met the guy!
  • Santa: WHAH!!
  • Red: AH!!! He does exist!
  • Santa: They do exist! Ohh...
  • Red: Ohh...
  • (Both Red and Santa faint and candle falls out of Red's hand)
  • VO: Chocolate is better...
  • Yellow: Uh... Santa?
  • VO: ...in red and green.

Original (2006)[]

Music: "The Nutcracker" Op. 71a, Act II. "The Land of Sweets" No. 14 "Step of Two" Variation No. 2 in G Major "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" (Andante ma non troppo) By: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  • Red: (hand touches candle light too close) Ow!
  • Yellow: (with a bowl of red and green M&M's) So you think Santa will like these red and green M&M's?
  • Red: I don't know. I never met the guy!
  • Santa: WAH!!
  • Red: AH!!! He does exist!
  • Santa: They do exist! Ohh...
  • Red: Ohh...
  • (Both Red and Santa faint and candle falls out of Red's hand)
  • (Text: Happy Holidays / Always Fun)
  • Yellow: Uh... Santa?

Original (2019)[]

Music: "The Nutcracker" Op. 71a, Act II. "The Land of Sweets" No. 14 "Step of Two" Variation No. 2 in G Major "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" (Andante ma non troppo) By: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  • Red: (hand touches candle light too close) Ow!
  • Yellow: (with a bowl of red and green M&M's) So you think Santa will like these red and green M&M's?
  • Red: I don't know. I never met the guy!
  • Santa: WAH!!
  • Red: AH!!! He does exist!
  • Santa: They do exist! Ohh...
  • Red: Ohh...
  • (Both Red and Santa faint and candle falls out of Red's hand)
  • (Text: Happy Holidays / URL: mms.com)
  • Yellow: Uh... Santa?

Sequel[]

Music: Unknown

  • (Outside the house)
  • Red: AH!!! He does exist!
  • Santa: They do exist!
  • (Both Red and Santa faint)
  • (Inside the house)
  • Yellow: Uh... Santa? (no response, looks at Red) Oh, no. (looks at his reflection of an ornament, gasps, and drops the bowl of M&M's) I have to save Christmas! (puts his fists on his hips heroically and takes the sleigh with Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph and off he goes) Let's go-- WHOAAAAAAAAAAAA!
  • (>North Pole Mission Control)
  • (mission control men working and did not see an alert go off for the sleigh)
  • Yellow: Tommy... James... Lucy... Ben... Judah... (presents land on the ground near houses) Turn right! Turn-- no, the other right!
  • Mission Control Man: (taps screen with Yellow on it) Who's that nut? (presents land everywhere in different houses, making a delivery failure. He grabs the phone for an emergency) Gimme Santa, now.
  • (lights turn on in all houses)
  • Santa: (slowly gets up and gets on the ringing cell phone as Red gets up.) Hello?
  • Mission Control Man: The presents.
  • Santa: Yes?
  • Mission Control Man: They're going to the wrong people.
  • (Yellow is still working the sleigh)
  • Santa: What?
  • (people receive the wrong presents)
  • Girl: Who's Tommy?
  • (the people get out of their houses and find the presents they actually wanted and then find the people who got the wrong presents)
  • Santa: What have you done?!
  • Yellow: Did I ruin Christmas, Red?
  • (fortunately, the people are giving the wrong presents to the right people)
  • Red: Actually, buddy, I think you made it even better.
  • (people start to hug each other and Santa has his arms crossed, smiling proudly)
  • (Text: Bring Everyone Together with M&M's)

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