is it true that coca cola created santa claus as we know him today ie the red and white suit and big white beard my mates were telling me but dont belive him
2006-12-19 01:52:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
ha ... ok, the real guy was misrepresented in USA so long ago that he doesn't mind the image given to him today.
Originally, he was St Nicholas from the 4th Century. He gave gifts to 3 daughters of a needy family by tossing a small pouch of gold coins down their chimney.
His tradition went throughout Europe and arrived in USA with the Dutch version of the name, pronounced "San Ni-kloss" (try saying it fast enough and you will hear Santa Claus)
Santa's helpers in malls like the whiskers and full bodied attire to swap with the next helper without letting the kids realize.
2006-12-19 01:54:50 · answer #1 · answered by wizebloke 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Santa image may have been standardized before Coca-Cola adopted it for their advertisements, but Coca-Cola had a great deal to do with establishing Santa Claus as a ubiquitous Christmas figure in America at a time when the holiday was still making the transition from a religious observance to a largely secular and highly commercial celebration. In an era before color television (or commercial television of any kind), color films, and the widespread use of color in newspapers, it was Coca-Cola's magazine advertisements, billboards, and point-of-sale store displays that exposed nearly everyone in America to the modern Santa Claus image. Coca-Cola certainly helped make Santa Claus one of the most popular men in America, but they didn't invent him.
2006-12-19 01:55:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes - they invented the big fat jolly guy in the red suit and white beard that we now know as Santa, in the early 1930's, i think.
It was all a big marketing ploy, one that bit them in the bum though - we all know Santa as Santa, but no longer associate the image with Coca Cola.
I think they modelled the look on an employee.
Of course, the real Santa was around long before Coca Cola.
2006-12-19 02:30:31 · answer #3 · answered by RM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa was always seen in a green suit,and Coca Cola changed it to the red suit we now associate with him.
This was done for an advert back in the 1930's,and it's stayed this way ever since.
2006-12-23 00:59:34 · answer #4 · answered by nicky dakiamadnat600bugmunchsqig 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If santa announcing ho ho ho offends women does it offend them also at the same time as gardener's use a hoe? it is ridiculous. I heard a number of years decrease back about a guy attempting to get the observe hi replaced to 'heaveno' because it had the international hell in it. i had to assert to him, what about helicopter, helmet, and so on? those are suggested with the hell sound. What could ho ho ho be offensive? convinced i have heard it used offensivley as a punch line in a comic book tale earlier in spite of the undeniable fact that the real that technique of ho ho ho does no longer substitute because of one comic tale...
2016-11-27 19:55:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Santa came before coca cola
2006-12-20 12:55:34 · answer #6 · answered by Sierra One 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Father Christmas orignated from St. Nicholas long before coca cola was ever invented but they had something to do with his current image. I think before he wore blue but coke changed the perception to red to suit their branding
2006-12-19 01:59:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To simplify:
What the others are saying is Coke reinvented the Jolly old Elf. He had been dressed colourfully before, sometimes in blue or green. The Coke addy people made the colours more bright.
I hope this helps.
Charles "That Cheek Lad"
A Wickedly Happy Christmas to Father Christmas and everyone else!
2006-12-19 03:29:16 · answer #8 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Whilst it is not true (as some claim) that they invented the whole mythos, the popular image, with the red, white-trimmed clothes and the fat smiley face, dates back to their advertisement posters. Compare and contrast with images of 'Father Christmas!' in the 19th century!
2006-12-19 01:59:59 · answer #9 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-19 01:57:17 · answer #10 · answered by MARK J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋