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  2. Santa Claus - Wikipedia

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    Images of Santa Claus were conveyed through Haddon Sundblom's depiction of him for The Coca-Cola Company's Christmas advertising in the 1930s. [5] [37] The image spawned urban legends that Santa Claus was invented by The Coca-Cola Company or that Santa wears red and white because they are the colours used to promote the Coca-Cola brand. [38]

  3. Haddon Sundblom - Wikipedia

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    Haddon Hubbard "Sunny" Sundblom (June 22, 1899 – March 10, 1976) was an American artist of Swedish and Finnish descent and best known for the images of Santa Claus he created for The Coca-Cola Company. [1] Sundblom's friend Lou Prentice was the original model for the illustrator's Santa. [2]

  4. Santa suit - Wikipedia

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    A Santa suit is a suit worn by a person portraying the legendary figure Santa Claus.The modern American version of the suit can be attributed to the work of Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly magazine, although it is often thought that Haddon Sundblom designed the suit in his advertising work for The Coca-Cola Company.

  5. Dress Codes: Why Santa Claus wears a red and white suit - AOL

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    Coca-Cola wasn’t even the first soft drink to promote Santa in his suit, he added, with White Rock Beverages doing so during World War I, a few years before his first (pre-Sundblom) appearance ...

  6. 30 Christmas Traditions From Around the World - AOL

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    Beyond the familiar traditions like Santa Claus, a fir tree, caroling and gift-giving, a number of countries—including the U.S.—bring their own unique twists, both old and new, to the holiday.

  7. Cool Facts About Coca-Cola That You Probably Didn't Know

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    Coca-Cola Started as Drug-Infused Wine. First developed in Atlanta by Dr. John S. Pemberton, a pharmacist and former Civil War cavalry leader, Coca-Cola got its start as a health tonic under ...

  8. Christmas: A Biography - Wikipedia

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    [5] [16] Another area explored is the holiday's corporate impact, such as how department stores sought to economically benefit from the holiday; [17] the growth of companies like F. W. Woolworth Company and Hallmark Cards; [18] and the rise in popularity of modern depictions of Santa Claus due to The Coca-Cola Company's 1930s depictions of Santa.

  9. White Rock Beverages - Wikipedia

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    December 1923 advertisement of Santa Claus drinking White Rock's ginger ale. Coca-Cola is frequently credited with the "invention" of the modern image of Santa Claus as an old man in red-and-white garments; [2] however, White Rock predated Coca-Cola's usage of Santa in advertisements for soft drinks. In 1923, the company used Santa to advertise ...