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Gandzilla t1_j24t7k9 wrote

Reply to comment by Letifer_Umbra 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

Nikolaus von Myra (altgriechisch Νικόλαος Μυριώτης Nikólaos Myriṓtēs who is from turkey.

The Dutch don’t even celebrate sinter Klaas on the right day (5/6 December)

But yeah, the red Color is old:

This town has st Nicolaus in red (but white and green also existed)

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impfingen

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Letifer_Umbra t1_j24tcbf wrote

Ok the dutch might got it from turkey but dutch immigrants brought it to America.

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Gandzilla t1_j24u56j wrote

No, the person was born in modern turkey.

The tradition is widely spread across Central Europe

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