I would hope that any child who was fond of Kevin the Carrot would resolutely refuse to eat carrots at Christmas Dinner.

As for "Kevin", my godfather used to always used to call me by the correct Irish pronunciation, which is Keeveen, but that's too much for most people to get their head round - as is the Irish spelling, Caoimhín, itself a modern simplified version of the older one, Caoimhghín.

There's another Christmas advert featuring carrots this year (I think it's for McDonalds), which appears to promote the idea of putting out carrots for Father Christmas's reindeers, which seems an excellent idea. Presumably Dad is duty bound to eat it along with the now traditional mince pie.