Is it true that santa used to be a skinny man wearing green but then coca-cola came along and made him wearing red and fat? If ti is that's not nice and he probably became fat from drinking all that sugar in coke!!!
2006-12-22 21:56:49 · 19 answers · asked by katie r 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Yeah, I heard that too.
When I was a child my mum used to have a facsimile edition of the poem 'the Night Before Christmas,' with colour illustrations from the late 19th century. In those, St. Nick (Santa) was depicted as a small, thin, spritely old man - which would suggest the fat theme came along later - but he was dressed in red. I have also seen old illustrations of St. Nick/Santa where he is dressed in green.
So I'm not too sure about how much of it is down to Coca-Cola. It could be that he's depicted differently in different parts of the world, so the Santa we know today is a sort of composite of all these. The 'Coca-Cola' Santa seems to have become the accepted model though.
2006-12-22 22:21:25 · answer #1 · answered by FrozenCamel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is true that the red theme comes from Coke. Never heard about the fat, but could be. Originally Santa used to wear different colours in different cultures, mainly green and/or grey.
2006-12-23 06:10:29 · answer #2 · answered by had enough of idiots - signing off... 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its true about them making him red from green, not sure if the fat bit is true though.
Have you seen Santa Clause the Movie, he was green in that at the start and they changed him to red as reference to the Coke thing
2006-12-23 05:58:41 · answer #3 · answered by monkey boy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep he was skinny and did wear green then he ate all the mince pies left out for him and became fat then coca cola baught him and made him wear red
2006-12-23 06:10:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's not real. If you don't like the idea of a fat red santa imagine a skinny green one.
2006-12-23 05:59:24 · answer #5 · answered by Bacon 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
dont know about skinny but he did wear green then coca cola changed tradition
2006-12-23 06:00:19 · answer #6 · answered by Snot Me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is true. As for sugar in coke, they haven't used sugar for years, back when a coke was really good.
2006-12-23 06:07:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your someone that lived before Coca-cola was created
2006-12-23 05:59:20 · answer #8 · answered by mishel_amy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Mrs Claus as made Him drink the diet version this year.
2006-12-23 06:00:04 · answer #9 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, It's true!! Coke's Yummy!!
2006-12-23 05:59:39 · answer #10 · answered by Minniex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋