A dad has captured his daughters walking down the stairs on Christmas morning - every year for the last 30 years.

Jess Emery, 30, shared the clips filmed by her dad, Richard, 59, a keen editor - which feature adorable moments from Jess' first Christmas right up to present day.

Backed by the song used by John Lewis in their annual festive advert - 'Where Love Lives' by Alison Limerick - Jess says the clip has inspired others online to do their own version with their families.

Jess, an account manager, from Barnet, North London, said: "We've lived in the same house since I was one year old and for my first Christmas coming down the stairs my mum, Vera, 62, said to do it. "

"My dad filmed absolutely everything, he's always had a video camera in his hand whether it was on holiday or at Christmas. "

"He's always documented our lives very well. "

"Obviously with the John Lewis advert this year reminiscing and looking back at old videos I thought, this is perfect. "

"When you go through the teen years you're like 'I don't want to be here doing this', and are a bit apprehensive with teenage 'can't be bothered' moodiness. "

"It's really funny people picked up on this with me and my sister, Rebecca, 27, looking like we don't want to be there. "

"Now both me and my sister don't live at home but we always make the effort to go back on Christmas Eve so we can do the walk in the morning."

The clips were originally put together as a birthday gift for Jess' sister, Rebecca, a few years ago, but Jess decided to share it online this week - and was shocked to find it amassed 300,000 views overnight.

"All day my sister has been ringing saying 'I can't believe it, people are commenting'," Jess said. "

"John Lewis commenting was amazing. "

"He [Jess' dad] doesn't have TikTok so he has no idea. "

"We've been screenshotting the comments and sending them to him. "

"It's so nice kind of reminiscing and looking back. "

"He was filming it not knowing where it's going to go and be shared. "

"It's so nice - people have commented saying their going to do it and have saved it so they can do with their families."

Jess says dad Richard has always been "quite sentimental" with their traditions as a family, even taking the same photo on the same wall every year on holiday. "

She said: "This for us was the same tradition - we'd wait at the top of the stairs and my mum would go down and switch the lights on and sort the presents. "

"He still films everything, we have a family group chat that is always popping off with different things and photos. "

"He's always been into video and loves editing so he's finally getting recognition for something he's done. "

"He's loving it."

Dad Richard said: "I'm amazed how it's blown up so quickly. "

"I started this 30 odd years ago from the beginning. "

"Kind of when I started I did a couple and thought, I'll carry on doing it. "

"I thought at one point I'll edit it all together as a short film. "

"The idea was at some point when Jess or Rebecca get married I'd play it at their wedding to embarrass them. "

"I'm just touched by people even having the time to make comments, they're just so lovely. "

"I'm just stunned people picked it up it's hit the heartstrings somewhere, I'm glad people are seeing it."