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but didn't santa claus used to be green until sponsored by coca cola? Or is that some kind of myth?
by senorjazz 7y ago
but didn't santa claus used to be green until sponsored by coca cola? Or is that some kind of myth?
- Zenst 7y agoNot a myth but true - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_suit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_suit
- dagw 7y agoThe site you link to even claims that it is a myth: "This change (to the red suit) is often mistakenly attributed to... the Coca-Cola Company...the red suit was shown on the covers of Harper's Weekly at least forty years before". Coca Cola can however probably be given a fair amount of credited for making this the ubiquitous look.
- Zenst 7y agoAha, my bad - though fair to say, it was born out of marketing and darn good marketing at that (worked on me).
- dfxm12 7y agoThe Coca Cola bit is a myth. There are a lot of depictions of Santa in a red suit before Coca Cola used it in advertising: https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/a-pictorial-history-of-santa-claus/ https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/a-pictorial-histo...