Christmas may be full of traditions. But sometimes, the best moments are the unexpected ones. Our 2025 Christmas TV campaign is about just that - finding your people in ways you didn't see coming.
(Christmas music)
Animation: A young girl with a pale complexion, dark hair, black eyeliner and black lipstick attempts to put a black star on the Christmas tree, but is stopped by her mum who puts a red star on the tree instead.
Mum: Not that one, darling.
Animation: Girl looks dejected as she walks away from her mum, dad and younger sister putting up the Christmas tree. She sits on the couch, puts her headphones on. She draws her knees up towards her chest, hugging her legs with her arms and rests her chin on her knees.
(Emotionally powerful music over headphones)
Animation: A ghost floats across the road towards a house with Christmas decorations.
(People chat)
Animation: From the window, we see guests with party crowns and drinks in their hands having a chat and laughing as the ghost floats into the house. As the guests realise the ghost, they jump up in shock.
(People scream, glass smashes)
Animation: The ghost looks out the window of the house we see as the guests run away, with some guests jumping over the fence. The ghost looks upset and bows its head.
Animation: Girl and sister are in the bathroom, with her sister brushing her teeth. The girl snips off her long black fringe that covers her eyes with a pair of scissors.
(Scissors snip, sister gasps)
Sister: Mum!
Animation: A man and kids eating ice cream from an ice cream truck scream in shock as the ghost floats past.
(Screams)
(All gasp)
(People scream)
Animation: The ghost crosses the road, head down, visibly upset as cars crash into each other and people run away.
(Car horn honks)
Animation: The girl is silhouetted in her dimly-lit bedroom, with her headphones on, listening to music. She sways her head and body rom left to right.
(Music continues over headphones)
Music: ♪ Time ♪
Scene: Girl’s dad opens the door to her room and sees the girl listening to her own music. He closes the door.
Dad: Ohh.
Music: ♪ Is never time at all ♪
Animation: The ghost sits alone on a swing in a park as a dog barks at it.
(Dog barks)
Music: ♪ You can never ever leave... ♪
Animation: The girl watches her family open Christmas presents. She sits with her back towards the camera, while her family faces us. Her sister holds up a reindeer antler headband, with her parents on either side of her. She looks down at it and looks back up to their mum.
SISTER: Argh!
Animation: Girl snatches the reindeer antler headband from her sister and angrily storms out the house with them on. We cut to a scene of her parents looking in concern as they watch her.
Music: ♪ Without leaving a piece of youth... ♪
(DOOR SLAMS)
Animation: Girl walks through the park where the ghost was. She and the ghost are walking towards each other, but don’t realise each other, until the ghost floats through her. They cross paths for the first time.
Music: ♪ And our lives are forever changed ♪
♪ We will never be the same ♪
Animation: Girl and ghost turn around to look at each other.
Music: ♪ The more you change, the less you feel... ♪
Animation: The ghost lifts its head up in acknowledgement of the girl. The girl looks at the ghost and smiles.
Girl: Hmm.
Animation: The girl puts the reindeer antler headband on the ghost as he looks up in joy. We then zoom out to both of them swaying to the music together.
Music: ♪ Believe ♪
♪ Believe! ♪
On screen: Together is for Christmas with Telstra logo.
Last year, we featured a singing donkey in our 'Together is for Christmas' campaign. This year's chapter follows with two unlikely characters - a girl and a ghost who don't quite fit in, until they find each other.
The girl’s dark style and quiet nature stand out against her family’s festive cheer, while a ghost drifts through the neighbourhood, unintentionally scaring everyone who sees him.
In their loneliness, both characters cross paths. As the girl gently places a reindeer antler headband on the ghost, something changes - and a bond begins to form between the two.
Directed by Steve Rogers and brought to life by the award winning animation team at Mathematic, the film's a reminder that connection matters most when everything else feels a little out of place.
At its heart, this campaign is about connection: the kind that transcends distance, differences, and even tradition. It’s about finding your people, whoever and wherever they are, and celebrating the joy of being together.
- Alita McMenamin, Telstra Head of Brand and Marketing Communications.
Because Christmas is about connection, we’ve also added a few festive experiences to make Christmas feel special for everyone.
Make your tree the talk of Christmas with these adorable Girl and Ghost baubles. Customers who make a purchase in-store will also receive this limited-edition bauble set – because a little festive magic deserves to go home with you.
While stocks last.
From now until Christmas Eve, anyone across Australia can dial #HOHOHO (#464646) from any of Telstra's 14,000+ payphones to chat with Santa. We heard he picks up, all the way from the North Pole...
Find a Telstra Payphone near me
From 2 December, every Telstra Retail Store will also feature a special Santa Phone - so while you’re in store, you can call the big man in red and share what’s on your Christmas list.
Explore our Christmas gifts page and tick everyone off your list this season.
