Many people pass on the urban legend that Santa Claus's red suit was created by Coca Cola, but that is untrue. Thomas Nast had Santa running around in his red and white ensemble years before Coca ...

“The wrinkles in his face were happy wrinkles,” Sundblom told Coca-Cola historians. “He embodied all the features and spirit of Santa Claus.” After Prentiss’ death, Sundblom became his ...

Inspired by the real figure of a Christian bishop named Nicolás, today's Santa Claus is more of a The Coca Cola Company 's manufacture, so much so that his traditional clothing, which for ...

What people may not realise, however, is that Coca-Cola played a pivotal role in popularising the image of Santa Claus we know and love today. “Over the years, Coca-Cola has remained synonymous ...

You’d likewise be surprised to discover that the image we all carry in our heads of what Santa Claus really looks like, was created for Coca Cola. Nineteenth century illustrations featuring ...

This popular image of Santa was largely promulgated by the Coca-Cola Company, which featured images of Santa Claus in its Christmastime advertising for much of the 20th century. But that image ...

In its 27th annual event, a red Coca-Cola truck festooned with holiday decorations will travel around Florida, making stops at 60 different places and offering free pictures wth Santa Claus and ...

Santa Claus is widely known today as a jolly old ... thanks to a series of iconic advertisements from The Coca-Cola Company. In 1931, Coca-Cola hired a Michigan-born illustrator named Haddon ...