Further to the earlier discussion on Coca-cola hijacking santa and turning him into a marketing vehicle for their soft drink, here are some Christmas cards from pre-Coke days.
Santa is dressed in green of course and he only needed a more modest set of raindeer in those days.
The images are from a set of cards produced by a company called Christmas Traditions.
You can make a small contribution to the perpetuation of a pre-Coke innocence by sticking to the traditional santa for your cards etc.
There are many jewels hidden amongst the leaves in this forgotten part of the ancient forest. Spend some time browsing and you are sure to find some. Click here or continue your search below
or read the most recent entries here.Fortunately Coca Cola were not responsible for turning Santa red and white - he was a quite popular red and white image in the 1920's
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp
I only just discovered this though as I thought the Coca Cola story was true too - a myth they like to perpuate
http://london-underground.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_london-underground_archive.html#107214012703645787
Posted by: Annie Mole at December 30, 2003 06:59 PM
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