Useless Information #001

The Coca Cola Company hired Swedish Artist Haddon Sunblom to devise Santa Claus for their 1931 pre Christmas advertising campaign. Before Santa became a living Coke bottle, the Dutch Sant Nikolass often wore Blue,Green or Yellow and was thin, tall and had hollow cheeks. Had the first Santa, who was a retired Coca Cola salesman, drunk a lot of Coke?

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