December is all about getting ready for Christmas and sharing gifts with the ones you love. While giving presents to each other is something men can do quite easily, sharing deep emotions is usually a much tougher thing. Taking this theme as the key one for its new marketing push, Johnnie Walker collaborated with the BBH NY agency to release a tongue-in-cheek spots exploring this purely male characteristic. “Say it without saying it,” encourages the tagline of the smart holiday campaign, which is rolling out on the brand’s website.

Pampers®, the diaper brand committed to making a difference for every Latino parent and baby, right from the start, announced the start of a robust campaign focused on the belief that every baby is a little miracle and should be celebrated, supported and protected.  The campaign provides new resources and support for Latina moms and their babies in their communities, celebrating the joy every little baby brings into the world.

This festive season, Nivea is bringing loving hearts together by offering them a unique opportunity to come to New York’ Times Square and kiss on a special Kiss Platform that “will feature memorable moments to entertain the crowd” on New Year’s Eve. To get this opportunity, US couples are invited to participate in the brand’s contest, dubbed ‘Kiss the One You Love’ on Facebook, which was kicked off on December 1.

With less than 20 days left until Christmas, brands are presenting their own versions of the iconic ‘Jingle Bells’ carol, and each of them adds something special to the well-known song. Guinness GB teamed up with famous British ‘electro folk’ musician James Yuill to update the classical tune by playing on Guinness pint glasses in a pub. ‘Jingle Pints,’ the contemporary version of the 150-year old festive hit, can be heard in a new viral video, which was filmed between the musician’s Indonesian and South American trips.

On December 1, Heineken announced the global roll-out of the new iconic Heineken bottle, completing the redesign of its global brand packaging range. The restyling aims to streamline the visual identity and make the brand even more consistent and recognizable in all 170 markets worldwide. The new bottle will come in five different volume sizes and will be available in Western Europe at the beginning of 2011 and across the rest of the world by 2012.

To expand functionality and beat all the competitors, quickly following business social network LinkedIn,on December 5, Facebook introduced a new look and feel of its user profile page. The idea behind this innovation is to make users login to Facebook not just for staying in touch with friends, chatting, watching photos and reconnecting with the old friends, but also consider it a tool for doing serious business, hiring people for the new job, exploring more information about your employees and find people with the same professional interests as well as those working in the same field.