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Topic: the legend of Santa Claus
No more lying to your kids: Santa does exist!
By Beth Britton | December 4, 2008 | 
Vintage Coca-Cola ad circa 1930
Take a moment, close your eyes and picture Santa Claus.
You have probably just pictured an older plump man with a bright, fire engine red, fur trimmed coat with matching hat, a broad black belt and gold buckle. He would be wearing shiny black boots, with a full mane of long white hair curled perfectly at the ends. You have just pictured Mr. Haddon Sundblom’s 1931 depiction of St. Nicholas for the Coca Cola company! That famous print not only boosted Coca Cola sales that winter, it set the standard for what we know today as Santa Claus.
So if that is not Santa Claus, who is? «Read the rest of this article»
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