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Geek Culture / Coca-Cola made Santa Claus red

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Ali M Oldboy
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Posted: 24th Dec 2004 02:45
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Hey,

I've just remembered, my dad said that coca-cola made santa red and then everybody started to copy and draw santa with red clothes on.

You see, santa use to be green back then than red!

Also, dont forget! Christmas is in 2 days!


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Posted: 24th Dec 2004 02:52
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I knew that a long time ago, as do most here, but I can't remember how I found out

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Ali M Oldboy
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The advert for it looking back on it is alright I suppose...MAGICAL!lol


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Neil19533
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Posted: 24th Dec 2004 03:04
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santa claws used to look like the grinch untill coca cola had its way with it.

christmas, well the holiday, was originally a pagon tradition until england took on the christian religion but because they couldnt just drop the holiday they made it into jesus' birthday.

Any spelling mistakes are totally In tensional.
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Chris K
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That's acutally an urban myth.

Santa Claus used to be lots of different colours (red, brown, green, blue) etc.

The red one was the favourite and was becoming the only colour when Coca Cola released their ad in 1924.

I suppose they could have tipped the balance but they definately didn't invent the red santa.
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Jimmy
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Posted: 24th Dec 2004 03:18
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PEOPLE OF EARTH!
I GIVE YOU... SANTA CLAUS!

SAN TA!
SAN TA!
SAN TA!
SAN TA!
SAN TA!

BOW DOWN!
BOW DOWN!
BEFORE THE POWER OF SANTA!

OR BE CRUSHED!
BE CRUSHED!
BYYYYY HIS JOLLY BOOTS OF DOOM!


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Major Payn
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Santa clause is just another example of how Christmas has turned into a corporate sales fest. Now days, the holiday is all about economics, seeing how many suckers they can create, and how rich you can get.

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Ali M Oldboy
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I wounder who invented Santa Claus?

Or what is the story of santa claus?
Mind you, have you seen santa claus the movie?

*I've got it on DVD


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Rob K
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Posted: 24th Dec 2004 04:37
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I see Jimmy has started binge drinking early this year.


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DrakeX
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saint nicholas was a real man, as far as i know. i think he is a saint.

please correct me if i'm wrong

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Quote: "I see Jimmy has started binge drinking early this year."


I haven't noticed any difference.

I think Santa was mainly green in the past, but he gradually turned red.

Isn't it? Wasn't it? Marvellous!
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Flashing Blade
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I was told St Nick used to throw bags of gold through the windows of poor folk on christmas eve.


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Chris K
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But then they wouldn't be poor any more.

He'd have to run in and beat it out of them, then throw it back in again...

He's probably still there, at the first house he chose.

Quote: " - Here you go you poor souls
- Give that back you rich bastards
- Here you go, you poor unfortunate people
- Wait a sec! give me my gold!!"
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Jimmy
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Santa is a spider beast monster with 8 candy cane legs and rows and rows of razor sharp teeth.

He lives in space gaining power from black energy and comes to earth every Christmas in an attempt to destroy us all.


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Ali M Oldboy
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Jimmy is right

LMAO


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Quote: "I've just remembered, my dad said that coca-cola made santa red and then everybody started to copy and draw santa with red clothes on."


That's not entirely true, observe:
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp


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A quote...

Santa Claus has existed since the fourth century and is known in the civilized world as Saint Niklaus. He had been the Bishop of Myra in Lycia (Middle East). While Niklaus was a priest, a greedy tavern owner had killed three innocent children. Nicolas brought them back to life and has been the protector of children ever since. He's also the patron saint of fisher and boatsmen. Saint Niklaus has always been depicted as a jolly old man with a white beard and a
red coat and hat. His day is celebrated on 6 December every year and
children have always looked forward to Santa Claus day, since he would
come to schools and homes and bring sweets to all children who had well
behaved during the year. Santa Claus had moved to North America with
all the emigrants, but since in North America, all winter religions, beliefs
and customs have been melted into one big commercial affair, Santa Claus'
celebrations were fused with Christmas business. Coke then did the ultimate
PR ripoff and recuperated Santa Claus for their own profit. Which
is just about tolerable if they would not pretend that they invented Santa...



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Posted: 24th Dec 2004 17:20
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santa was invented by coke, the figure we see as santa that is, the fat jolly man in red and white with a big beard, however the tale of santa is different in many places, like st nick for instance, he is santa, but a foreign non coke version. St nick is green and white i believe, and there is another form of santa somewhere else, but christmass is called christmas because of jesus dying or living or one of the two, not caus eof santa, santa was just added to bring a sign of goodwill to others with gifts like the threewise men, btu dummed down for children to give them a happy story. personally i would rather a pirate monkey that travels with a french pirate teddy bear and a pirate mouse going from door to door on a wind up sail boat, bringing kids toys stolen from orphanage drives in exchange for attractive older sisters or younger mothers and beer, aswell as valuables, i guess attractive older sisters would count as valuable.

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Quote: "but christmass is called christmas because of jesus dying or living or one of the two"


At last, somebody mentioned "the real thing", as Coca Cola would put it.

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Posted: 24th Dec 2004 21:48 Edited at: 24th Dec 2004 21:51
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@ Ubberwidget robx: you should write a christmas movie, I love that idea , actualy Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus and in the UK (and maybe elsewhere but don`t know for sure) also replaced the far older pagan winter soltice celebrations with something more christian, back then the preists where more prone to compromise to get converts , it would have been easier to convince people they should adopt christianity if they got to keep the celebration they are used too.

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Santa Who???
*looks at sig*


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Wiggett
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no, i vowed to my father i would never write a christmas movie again.

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