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12 vintage CocaCola Christmas ads, starring Santa Claus (19311963) Click Americana
In 1937 Coca Cola introduced the world to a simplified and more accessible version of Father Christmas dressed in Coca-Cola red, this time without the traditional cape. In their ads he was named.
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In 1931 Coca-Cola first used Santa on their advertisements, with artist Haddon Sundblom making only one major change to the iconic portrayal of him by Thomas Nast. They switched his pipe to a glass bottle of Coke. So, whilst Santa hasn't always been red, it definitely wasn't Coke that made him red. And they definitely don't own the rights.
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The History of Santa & CocaCola The Johnsons' Christmas Corner Happy Everything!
Getty Images. Many people will tell you that the modern Santa is dressed to match the red-and-white colours of a can of Coke, and was popularised by Coca Cola's advertising in the 1930s. A good.
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In 1931, Sundblom was commissioned by Coca-Cola to create a series of Christmas advertisements. The soft drink company wanted a Santa that was warm, friendly, and above all, memorable. Sundblom delivered exactly that, but with an additional twist: he dressed Santa in a bright red suit.
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What has become the definitive image of Santa Claus was created from the 1930s to the 1960s by Haddon H Sundblom in his many adverts for Coca Cola. He exudes warmth and kindliness, has a luxuriant white beard and wears a long red jacket trimmed with white fur and fastened with an enormous belt and long leather boots.
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The legend goes that Santa's suit is red because of a successful advertising campaign for Coca-Cola that featured Father Christmas wearing red robes with white trim, the soft drink major's colours. But the red and white are originally Saint Nicholas colours. Over time, the bishops' red and white robes were replaced by a fur-trimmed suit.
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Coca-Cola advert featuring Sandblum inspired Santa, 1956. This red-suited, rosy-cheeked Santa was used in numerous Coca-Cola adverts, and probably helped to cement the modern image in the minds of Americans and the ubiquity of the drink around the world meant it became one of the most widely-seen depictions of Santa Claus.
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In the 40s Coca‑Cola introduced "Sprite Boy," a character who appeared with Santa Claus in Coca‑Cola advertising throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Sprite Boy, who was also created by Sundblom, got his name due to the fact that he was a sprite, or an elf. (It wasn't until the 1960s that Coca‑Cola introduced the popular beverage Sprite.)
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Santa slowly took on the features of the indigenous Father Christmas until the two figures merged into one. So Why on Earth Is Santa Claus Connected with Coca-Cola? By the late 19th century, the Santa Claus/Father Christmas character had evolved into a fat, jolly, sleigh-driving present giver who came down chimneys.
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One might therefore fairly grant Coca-Cola some credit for cementing the modern image of Santa Claus in the public consciousness, as in an era before the advent of television, before color motion.
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This is more or less true; however, Coca-Cola did play a role in standardising our idea of Father Christmas that is now shown on television, Christmas Cards, and of course adverts.
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Santa Claus and Christmas go hand-in-hand - in the other hand, Father Christmas is holding an ice cold bottle of Coca-Cola. The gigantic brand has more to do with the big man in red than the.
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The Coca-Cola company say they invented the modern Santa Claus. The company's claim is based on the work of the Chicago ad-man Haddon Sundblom who painted Santa Claus for the Coca-Cola Christmas campaigns from 1931 to 1964. In the adverts he appears brandishing the soft drink in the company colours of red and white.
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12 vintage CocaCola Christmas ads, starring Santa Claus (19311963) Click Americana
A Pictorial History of Santa Claus. Contrary to what many believe, Santa Claus as we know him today - sleigh riding, gift-giving, rotund and white bearded with his distinctive red suit trimmed with white fur - was not the creation of the Coca Cola Company. Although their Christmas advertising campaigns of the 1930s and 40s were key to.
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Coca Cola is widely believed to be responsible for the modern image we have of Santa today. Father Christmas is the jolly old man with fluffy white hair and rosy-red cheeks who brings gifts to.
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12 vintage CocaCola Christmas ads, starring Santa Claus (19311963) Click Americana
Photo: Coca-Cola History has offered many representations of Father Christmas, who has appeared in a range of clothing and colors over time. Perhaps the most famous portrayal, however, is that of Saint Nicholas of Myra, a 4th Century bishop depicted in familiar red robes.. The popular myth that Father Christmas owes his appearance to Coca-Cola -- the portly stature, bushy beard and red.