It is red because corporations need to sell their stuff in winter. Red is a commonly used color in marketting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus#20th_c

It is red because corporations need to sell their stuff in winter. Red is a commonly used color in marketting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus#20th_century http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus#20th_century For this, they abused the memory of Saint Nicholas, who was a bishop, therefore usually represented in red costume http://tinyurl.com/odppxql http://tinyurl.com/odppxql and who is celebrated on December 6th. They paganified him, renaming him Santa Claus, or Père Noël, etc; and moved his feat on the night of 24/25 december in order to further disparage Christianity.