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CranstonBickle t1_j23xz8p wrote

Reply to comment by Morall_tach in TIL that the narrative that Coca-Cola designed the modern Santa Claus as part of an advertising campaign is not true, because Coca-Cola did start using Santa in advertising in 1933. But Santa had been portrayed almost exclusively in red from the early 19th century by giuliomagnifico

The Dutch Sinterklaas had its roots about that time as well - similar thing

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temporarysecretary17 t1_j261b7j wrote

Pretty sure Santa Claus is actually an anglicized version of the name sinterklaas.

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