I am looking for some clarification to the claim that the Coke company created Santa Claus as a advertising campaign. Historically it has been proven that St. Nicholas existed, so now when this statement is said do they mean the modern version of Santa that we know or the entire concept of him? Thank you!
2006-12-20 17:43:57 · 13 answers · asked by fuentejus 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
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2006-12-20 17:46:13 · answer #1 · answered by Zarcaris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Coke didn't. The Santa we know today had his beginnings in 1823 with Clement C. Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas" in which he described St. Nicholas as "chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf". Forty years later, Thomas Nast, political cartoonist, created a different illustration each year of Santa for the cover of Harper's Weekly. His Santa was a plump, jolly old fellow with a white beard and smoking a long stemmed pipe.
2006-12-21 00:45:54 · answer #2 · answered by sweet_n_small1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
False. That is a myth perpetuated by the Coca Cola Company. The Modern depiction of Santa Claus came from two sources. The poem "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" better known as "The Night Before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore, written in 1823. And the illustration by Thomas Nast published in Harper's Weekly in 1863. We just went over this very same thing in my American Studies Class.
2016-05-23 03:59:50 · answer #3 · answered by Elizabeth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the santa in the red suit with a white beard was invented by Coke in the 1920s
2006-12-20 17:46:18 · answer #4 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
There were many similar representations prior to coca cola using him in advertisements.
The Santa Claus that coke used was based on cartoons by Thomas Nast in the last quarter of the 19th century.
2006-12-20 18:15:24 · answer #5 · answered by Gaspode 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
no they did not. the modern image of santa clause is based on the image of st. nicholas, who supposedly was tall and thin, so really only the long white beard remained through alternations of culture. It was stories that changed the image of st. nicholas through the phases of st. nick, to kris kringle, and eventually the modern santa clause, with many in between.
2006-12-20 17:50:19 · answer #6 · answered by Forrest Ashley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa has been around a h.e.l.l. of a lot longer than Coke.
If you want clarification why don't you just go on line & look up Santa Claus????????
2006-12-20 17:58:03 · answer #7 · answered by More Lies & More Smoke Screens 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Virtually everything you see on tv and in stores and on the road (billboards, signs, etc.) is a marketing ploy. And coke is by far not the only company to exploit Christmas for financial gain.
2006-12-20 17:48:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coke borrowed the SC persona to represent their product. He was probably from a cold region, wore a long coat, knit hat and beard. He may have even rode in a sled pulled by reindeer. He was generous and loveable.
2006-12-20 18:59:02 · answer #9 · answered by San Diego Art Nut 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so Father Christmas has been around alot longer then Coca cola that company is around 100 years old and i know that in the 1800s they where celebrating Christmas in the same way we do today. Coca cola may have exploited it for they own gain but they did not invent him
2006-12-20 17:50:08 · answer #10 · answered by deb_star_82 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
St. Nicholas realy exists...Coke only made him as a model in their ads...
2006-12-20 17:47:44 · answer #11 · answered by ruth r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋