Find solution
Why is Santa traditionally dressed in red and white?

Why does Coca-cola claim do have dressed Santa in red (1931)?

  • Victorian cartoonists showed him in red on a regular basis.

  • Answer:

    The Santa image may have been standardized before Coca-Cola adopted it for their advertisements, but Coca-Cola had a great deal to do with establishing Santa Claus as a ubiquitous Christmas figure in America at a time when the holiday was still making the transition from a religious observance to a largely secular and highly commercial celebration. In an era before color television (or commercial television of any kind), color films, and the widespread use of color in newspapers, it was Coca-Cola's magazine advertisements, billboards, and point-of-sale store displays that exposed nearly everyone in America to the modern Santa Claus image. Coca-Cola certainly helped make Santa Claus one of the most popular men in America, but they didn't invent him.

Carpangl... at Yahoo! Answers Visit the source

Was this solution helpful to you?

Other answers

Santa, St Nick, Father Christmas, etc all started out as *different* characters. Over the past century, they've merged and blended into each other in a variety of ways. The Coca-cola red Father Christmas was a major factor in converting the British Father Christmas to red.

Jeremy

Sorry but I did not get the drift of your question

norman7774

they were the 1st company to dress santa in red, previous to this st nichlos was always seen in green

Jimmy H

It's just make belief.

PROPHET

thats a load of crap... santa was in books ive seen from 150 yrs ago , in red suit a sled...n raindeer.. no one dressed him in green... seen in stupid cards and stuff.. in european christmas stories about santa, he was always wearing a red and white wool suit.

spoolintanabe

Coka Cola is currently being charge with numerous human rights abuses in third world countries. the Charge include the murder of union organizers in Colombia. There is allot of RED involved with Coka Cola. Ask the widows who's families were killed by the paramilitary thugs coka cola pays in south America.

Rich

He was in red long before Coca came along

ringo711

because it is the truth, santa was endorced in the victorian times... the true santa wears green...and in germany wears white and gold

Trudy Joy

Cocalcola dressed him in their house colour in an advertisement in 1931. He's normally in a more scarlet colour. Santa (the American confection) has always worn a red tracksuit with fur trim. Sinta Klaus (the European St Nicholas) wears a green bishop's mitre and cope. Father Christmas (German and English pagan old man of the forest) wears a coat with a hood either red or green (the colours of holly)

old know all

Load more

Related Q & A:

Just Added Q & A:

Find solution

For every problem there is a solution! Proved by Solucija.

  • Got an issue and looking for advice?

  • Ask Solucija to search every corner of the Web for help.

  • Get workable solutions and helpful tips in a moment.

Just ask Solucija about an issue you face and immediately get a list of ready solutions, answers and tips from other Internet users. We always provide the most suitable and complete answer to your question at the top, along with a few good alternatives below.