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What is the original color of Santa Claus's suit before it became red in the Coca-Cola ads?In: Christmas
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Before the Coca-Cola ads ''popularized'' red as the color of Santa's suit, he was often depicted in green, though also in red, brown, and white. Green was the traditional color of the British Father Christmas (remember the Spirit of Christmas Present in ''A Christmas Carol''?). Also, green, as in "evergreens," was traditionally associated with the winter solstice season.
Coca-cola, BTW, did '''not''' ''start'', ''begin'', ''create'', or otherwise ''originate'' the red suit. They just made it popular. Well, technically, the paintings of Haddon Sundblom made the red suit popular; he was the artist who painted Santa Claus for Coca-cola, and his image of Santa Claus that gained so much popularity.
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