(Credit: Katherine Welles/Shutterstock) When you see Santa today, all fat and jolly and rosy-cheeked, you’re seeing an image created for and promoted by the Coca-Cola Company for over 80 years. Michigan artist Haddon Sundblom created the Santa Claus we know so well in 1931, for Coke’s “Thirst Knows No Season” campaign. Sundblom modeled his Santa on “A Visit from St.
How Coca-cola Invented Christmas As We Know It
Valerie Vande Panne, , Salon: Politics
Sat, 12/16/2017 - 7:00pm
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