{"id":17,"date":"2007-12-03T10:29:11","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T10:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/nbc-and-amex-have-fun-with-the.html"},"modified":"2007-12-03T10:29:11","modified_gmt":"2007-12-03T10:29:11","slug":"nbc-and-amex-have-fun-with-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/nbc-and-amex-have-fun-with-the.html","title":{"rendered":"NBC and AmEx Have Fun with the Dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"

The cast of the NBC show “30 Rock” has teamed up with American Express to create a series of “Holiday Fun Times” ads that poke fun at the absurd lengths we often must go to in order to keep the spirit of the holidays alive in a multi-cultural age.
\nThe videos show the office, led by the ultra-earnest Kenneth, participating in a “Secret Rodney” exchange (“because Secret Santa is too…awesome!” says Kenneth). Kenneth also creates a public holiday display, but assures his nervous boss that it’s not a Christmas display but a “winter fun decoration.” “That atheist is a snowman,” Kenneth explains, “and that’s a golf ball in the manger.”
\nYou can view the videos by clicking here<\/a>, but you must be an American Express cardmember to see the spots in their entirety. Non-cardmembers can watch snippets of the videos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The cast of the NBC show “30 Rock” has teamed up with American Express to create a series of “Holiday Fun Times” ads that poke fun at the absurd lengths we often must go to in order to keep the spirit of the holidays alive in a multi-cultural age. The videos show the office, led…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-winter-holidays"],"yoast_head":"\nNBC and AmEx Have Fun with the Dilemma - December Dilemma Watch 2007<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/nbc-and-amex-have-fun-with-the.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NBC and AmEx Have Fun with the Dilemma - December Dilemma Watch 2007\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The cast of the NBC show “30 Rock” has teamed up with American Express to create a series of “Holiday Fun Times” ads that poke fun at the absurd lengths we often must go to in order to keep the spirit of the holidays alive in a multi-cultural age. The videos show the office, led…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/nbc-and-amex-have-fun-with-the.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"December Dilemma Watch 2007\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-12-03T10:29:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"hrossi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NBC and AmEx Have Fun with the Dilemma - December Dilemma Watch 2007","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/nbc-and-amex-have-fun-with-the.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NBC and AmEx Have Fun with the Dilemma - December Dilemma Watch 2007","og_description":"The cast of the NBC show “30 Rock” has teamed up with American Express to create a series of “Holiday Fun Times” ads that poke fun at the absurd lengths we often must go to in order to keep the spirit of the holidays alive in a multi-cultural age. The videos show the office, led…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/nbc-and-amex-have-fun-with-the.html","og_site_name":"December Dilemma Watch 2007","article_published_time":"2007-12-03T10:29:11+00:00","author":"hrossi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/nbc-and-amex-have-fun-with-the.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/nbc-and-amex-have-fun-with-the.html","name":"NBC and AmEx Have Fun with the Dilemma - December Dilemma Watch 2007","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-12-03T10:29:11+00:00","dateModified":"2007-12-03T10:29:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/#\/schema\/person\/168fb6fdfd4f4d1a2e41e628b308b687"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/nbc-and-amex-have-fun-with-the.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/nbc-and-amex-have-fun-with-the.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/nbc-and-amex-have-fun-with-the.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NBC and AmEx Have Fun with the Dilemma"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/","name":"December Dilemma Watch 2007","description":"Winter Holidays Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/#\/schema\/person\/168fb6fdfd4f4d1a2e41e628b308b687","name":"hrossi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/b92\/b928efbbb02076837659d614a160f471x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/b92\/b928efbbb02076837659d614a160f471x96.jpg","caption":"hrossi"},"description":"Holly Lebowitz Rossi is Beliefnet's Health and Relationships Editor. A graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Divinity School, she has more than a decade of experience writing about religion and spirituality for Newsweek, The Washington Post, Spa Finder, Sojourners, Search, and many other publications. Her commentaries have also been heard on NPR\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153All Things Considered.\" When not at her desk, you can find her baking, in her garden, or rockin' out in water aerobics class. She lives in Arlington, Mass. Visit http:\/\/www.hollyrossi.com for more.","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/author\/hrossi"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}