Coca Cola apparently invented the IMAGE of Santa Claus, that we see every year on xmas day, but how did Santa Claua actually come about....?
2006-10-31 00:50:33 · 24 answers · asked by samantha w 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
No... just the common image of the guy in the red suit... which, incidentaly, was green originally.
2006-10-31 00:53:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Coca Cola did not invent Santa Claus.
2006-10-31 00:59:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Coke did not invent Santa, tales of a person giving out gifts have been around for a very long time and has it roots in pagan festivals ie before christianity ..however the red and white suit and black belt are an invention of the Coca Cola corporation before them Santa could choose his own clothes but seemed to favour Green..
2006-10-31 01:00:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Santa Claus is a variation of a Dutch folk tale based on the historical figure Saint Nicholas, who gave presents to the poor. His charity became legend when a man lost his fortune and found himself incapable of supporting his three daughters, who would not be able to find husbands as they lacked dowries. This man was going to give them over to a life of prostitution; however, St. Nicholas provided them with gold, enabling them to retain their virginal virtues and marry.
Santa Claus is a mispronunciation of the Dutch word "Sinterklaas".
The image of Santa Claus in the red suit that we see today, did come from an advertising camapaign that Coca Cola ran in the 1930's, I think. As someone else said earlier, earlier images of him showed him dressed in green.
2006-10-31 01:01:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was deeply offended when Coca Cola hijacked my traditional image of green and turned me into red and white. But being the benevolent old gent that I am I cannot disappoint all the children so I accepted the change of garb, at no little cost to myself and so I now wear the clothes you now don't see me in.
As for how I came about, well that is shrouded in the mists of time and it would be remiss of me to break the spell, but the story of St Nicklaus is not too far from the truth.
I hope this answers your question, now if you will excuse me I 've still got a few million presents to wrap.
2006-10-31 01:12:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Such a condemnation of Santa Claus is not a twentieth century phenomenon, but originated among some Protestant groups of the 16th century and was prevalent among the Puritans of 17th century England and America who banned the holiday as either pagan or Roman Catholic.
2006-10-31 01:00:22 · answer #6 · answered by Everona97 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa Claus was real, and he really lived - as Saint Nichloas. He was a priest that lived in Norway in the 4th century. He was a very wealthy bishop who gave all of his money away to help those who needed it.
There are a lot of different pices to the legend
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_nicholas for the full story
2006-10-31 01:27:27 · answer #7 · answered by Alexis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know, they invented the idea of him wearing red & white, which are their colours. Their adverts popularised the idea of Santa Claus across the USA, Canada and Britain, & it has since spread across Europe.
Originally, Father Christmas wore green and brown, colours of the forest, and was just a germanic legend.
2006-10-31 00:58:26 · answer #8 · answered by claude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. The original idea of Santa Claus came from the dutch settlers who came to live in America.
2006-10-31 01:02:28 · answer #9 · answered by scottb62821 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They created the best known likeness of him, he was dressed in green previously, by the Victorian's, I believe, Prince Albert was a champion of many of our Christmas traditions- christmas trees- so he could have bought it over from Germany, but there are many different versions of characters who bring presents on different days over Christmas; Saint Nicholas and the 3 kings are believed in other countries, I think Saint Nick is possibly the oldest version of Santa and , according to my primary school education, brought dowries, dropped through the chimney, to a family who couldn't afford to marry their daughters off!
2006-10-31 00:55:52 · answer #10 · answered by emily_jane2379 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, as previously the guy who give out gifts was green. Coke's created a red + white version to match there company's colour which we've now all adopted to. now that am thinking about it....dont we always see santa on Coke's advertisments? he's not copy right protected rite?
2006-10-31 01:09:23 · answer #11 · answered by Lurgess 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋