If you find Christmas ads too syrupy sweet or jarringly hard sell, check out these ads designed to confuse or surprise.

What you're eating for breakfast, and whether you're eating breakfast at all, might suggest how old you are. Millenials don't eat breakfast the way previous generations have, and that's changing how breakfast is advertised.

According to CBC's Ad Guy, the Day of the Dead holiday is having an increasing influence on U.S. Halloween celebrations, thanks to a growing Latino population and marketers eager to squeeze ever more retail sales out of late October.

Comments about groping women have made issues of consent and crime reporting front and centre in the U.S. election. CBC Ad Guy Bruce Chambers brings us several recent ads designed to raise awareness of assault and harassment, increase reporting and clarify what constitutes consent.

Some would call billboards an annoyance. But what about one that saves lives? Advertisers are turning to signs that enhance city dwellers' lives, from Zika-fighting billboards to a sign that creates drinking water.

When we see ads that annoy or offend us, most of us simply complain to whoever's nearby. But according to CBC Ad Guy Bruce Chambers, a tiny minority complains to advertising regulators, who are empowered to take action against such ads. These are some of the most complained-about ads of the past year.

We've all heard that sex sells. But what it actually sells is a very small range of products. And in some cases, it sells less than traditional ads. So why is it still used so frequently? Our Ad Guy finds out.