{"id":53700,"date":"2020-11-19T10:34:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T18:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=53700"},"modified":"2020-11-19T10:34:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T18:34:08","slug":"meaney-in-aldi-christmas-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2020\/11\/meaney-in-aldi-christmas-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaney In Aldi Christmas Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Tis the season for holiday advertisements and <em>Star Trek<\/em> actor <strong>Colm Meaney<\/strong> will be appearing in one of this season&#8217;s Christmas ads, this one for <em>Aldi<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Meaney will be taking on the role of Santa Claus and will be narrating the story in the ad, which features <em>Kevin the Carrot<\/em>, a familiar character used in Christmas advertising for <em>Aldi<\/em> in the U.K. and Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought it was about time that I played the big man himself,&#8221; said Meaney, &#8220;and so was delighted to be asked by <em>Aldi<\/em> to be part of its Christmas campaign.&#8221; 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