I've been told that the current popular image of Santa Claus derives from
Coca-Cola advertising. I don't know how sure this is. --
Pinkunicorn
Well I would have said that Coca-Cola invented the modern Santa - except just looking on Google I found this about
[1], it goes into quite a bit of detail and looks to be a reliable source.
Really good book on the invention of Santa Claus:
[2]---
Trimalchio
Does anyone else think it might be a good idea to separate and compare the various Santa Claus/St
? Nick/Father
? Christmas traditions on this page? I ask because I would expect to see something about Nikolaustag (Dec. 6) if I looked on this page.
On the other hand, I can see limiting this to the specifically US American version and doing see alsos...JHK
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