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0 pointsCM302y ago0 comments

Just gonna point out that the modern image of Santa Claus (or him wearing red) wasn't actually created by Coca Cola:

It probably helped cement that as the standard image of the character, but that was becoming the default look anyway.

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I didn’t mean to suggest they invented Santa. Just popularised the red and white colour scheme.

Yeah it existed before, but it wasn’t the standard representation. And now it absolutely is.

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0 pointsCM302y ago0 comments

Just gonna point out that the modern image of Santa Claus (or him wearing red) wasn't actually created by Coca Cola:

It probably helped cement that as the standard image of the character, but that was becoming the default look anyway.

I didn’t mean to suggest they invented Santa. Just popularised the red and white colour scheme.

Yeah it existed before, but it wasn’t the standard representation. And now it absolutely is.

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