This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of emotional appeals in Christmas commercials. The goal of this thesis is to analyse the use of emotional appeals in Christmas commercials and to analyse the perception of these commercials by the selected consumer segment, which is universities students in this research. The theoretical part deals with the reasons for making Christmas commercials and their targeting. Literary research also discusses emotional appeals (humor, eroticism, warmth and fear) and their use in commercials. The methodical part deals with the used methods – eye tracking and semi-structured in-depth interviews. In the practical part of the thesis the results are evaluated and interpreted by using gaze plots, heat maps and acq...