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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]
Modern dictionaries consider the terms Father Christmas and Santa Claus to be synonymous. [98] [99] The respective characters are now to all intents and purposes indistinguishable, although some people are still said to prefer the term 'Father Christmas' over 'Santa Claus', nearly 150 years after Santa Claus's arrival in England. [1]
Google Santa Tracker is an annual Christmas-themed entertainment website first launched on December 1st, 2004 by Google that simulates [2] [3] the tracking of the legendary character [4] Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, [5] using predetermined location information. [2]
On Dec. 24, Google Assistant gets in on the fun of following Santa’s path. As with Alexa, you can just say: “Hey, Google, where’s Santa?” Google also operates an online Santa Tracker .
Between 2007 and 2008, people who visited the NORAD Tracks Santa site were told they could track Santa in Google Earth. [25] They were given a link to download Google Earth, and then a KMZ file to download. From 2009 to 2011, the tracking in the Google Earth app was moved to the Google Earth Web API on the NORAD Santa website.
The NORAD Tracks Santa app is also available in the Apple App and Google Play stores, and the tracker will be available on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X, according to NORAD.
Where to stream "The Santa Clause 2": "The Santa Clause 2" is currently streaming on Disney+. If you prefer to rent or buy the movie, it's available on Amazon Prime , Fandango at Home , Google ...
While characters resembling Santa Claus have circulated throughout the world for centuries, the notion of a sleigh pulled by reindeer wouldn’t become prominent until the 19th century.