Do you think that Coca-Cola missed a trick when they started using Santa-Claus for their ads instead of Jesus?

Question

Just imagine the succes they could have had then. Year round advertising, even billboards in the church.

Answer 1

Nah, Santa's just so much cooler. Plus, they would have been boycotted to hell back when they started using Santa if they had used Jesus.

Answer 2

No not at all. Santa Claus is Jesus.

But seriously Santa Claus has no affiliated religion, and even the Church wouldn't stoop to the level of having billboard advertisements even though Church funding is at a low, most likely Christians would take offence to Jesus being used for commercial purposes.

Answer 3

Fobes, you don't think that Coke would limit its sales to just one religious group?

Although numerous court cases have been filed against The Coca-Cola Company since the 1920s non have stuck... the beverage does contain high fructose corn syrup, and the frequency of exposure of teeth to cariogenic (acidic) environments affects the likelihood of tooth decay through caries development- it also contains phosphoric acid. One study has shown that this could hasten bone loss, contributing to illnesses such as osteoporosis.

Since 1985 in the U.S., Coke has been made with high fructose corn syrup instead of sucrose to reduce costs. This has come under criticism because of concerns that the corn used to produce corn syrup may come from genetically altered plants. Some nutritionists also caution against consumption of high fructose corn syrup because of possible links to obesity and diabetes. So what better symbol, but a big old fat man?

In 2004, the United Kingdom government launched a wide-ranging review into food promotion and childhood obesity. One survey found that Coca-Cola broadcasted a high proportion of their advertisements during children's television. The company removed its branding from vending machines in Scottish schools in December 2003, replacing it with a graphic of an urban scene.

Coke has a good war record, The United States Army permitted Coca-Cola employees to enter the front lines as "Technical Officers" when in reality they rarely if ever came close to a real battle. Instead, they operated Coke's system of providing refreshments for soldiers, who welcomed the beverage as a reminder of home. As the Allies of World War II advanced, so did Coke, which took advantage of the situation by establishing new franchises in the newly occupied countries. However at the same time, they collaborated with the Nazi-regime throughout its reign from 1933 – 1945 and sold countless millions of bottled beverages to Hitler’s Germany." So as Nazi lines advanced, Coca-Cola corporate employees Walter Oppenhof and Max Keith, who were also hired by the Nazi's Office of Enemy Property, traveled with Nazi troops, helping to set up Coca-Cola plants in occupied territories using kidnapped labour.

But coke has started to use Christian symbols, which is why a complaint against Coca-Cola was lodged on 11 December, by the prosecutor's office in Nizhny Novgorod, about 400km (250 miles) south-east of Moscow - coke is using orthadox symbols on its vending machines. But they put the crosses on upside down, the symbol of the anti-christ..

Answer 4

I bet more people recognise Santa than Jesus. Christmas being a festival of consumerism, with the real meaning forgotten.

Answer 5

Coca-Cola is very good for the toilet.
Sparkling clean finish then any other cleaner.

Try it and see.
It's the phosphoric acid in it that does the trick.

Just imagine what it does to your tummy.

Answer 6

Everybody using santa instead of jesus is missing out. jesus isn't seasonal!