Notonthehighstreet.com has adopted a magical realism theme to its Christmas campaign with the TV ad due to launch on Sunday.

The ad features the site’s ā€˜partners’ making some of the goods they sell on the site.

However the documentary-style ad reveals a strange element when it emerges the ’partners’ are elves.

ā€We hope it will inspire the public to get into the spirit of Christmas and to believe in the magic of thoughtful gifting,ā€ says Notonthehighstreet.com’s customer director Hannah Webley-Smith.

The advert’s first 60-second spot will be on Sunday during ITV’s drama Tutankhamun.

The ads will run throughout November and December and be supported by a cross-media campaign including radio.

The etailer revealed in August it had recieved £21m from investors to expand in the UK and international markets.