• by Kenny , Karin Searle , December 19, 2005

The annual Dunder Mifflin holiday party found Michael disappointed with his secret Santa gift, an oven mitt, when he went way over the $20 gift limit and bought an iPod for Ryan. But when Michael suggested turning Secret Santa into Yankee Swap, everyone vied for the iPod in the December 6^th episode of NBC's "The Office."

That's just one of the featured product placements of the past week brought to you by MediaDailyNews and branded entertainment researcher iTVX.

Other notable placements include the following:

Nathan reached out to Hailey and Mouth showed Karen a different side of Dan on their Cingular phones in the November 30^th edition of the WB's "One Tree Hill."

The teams had to create an innovative launch display in two local GM showrooms to promote the new Buick Lucerne in the November 30^th installment of NBC's "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart."

The final four had to produce a 30-second promotional video for the new Microsoft Office Live Meeting software in the December 1^st episode of NBC's "The Apprentice."

Comedian Dane Cook hosted the December 3^rd installment of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," which included a hilarious skit involving Cook as a new trainee at Target.

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