Shit - I thought it was Macy's

Well, at least he tagged it NSFW, or did someone else add that?

And why does it take you three clicks?

We used to leve out a shot of whiskey and a mince pie, with a carrot for Rudolph. Children believe what you tell them, might as well make it worthwhile.

You're kidding right Phil? I don't have to direct you to snopes do I?

the uniform was re-designed by Co.....


wtf, you all knew this anyway....

.....just as sure that you all knew that the co.....co was also the biggest importer of coke....

and now it's the see eye eh?

i just read SNOPES. Thank you for that. It seems like everything else, you takes yer choice .


http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp

http://www.icubed.com/~colagrrl/xmas.htm

Sorry, I honestly wasn't sure whether you were joking, otherwise I would have been less offhand about it.

Personally I trust snopes - they include details and source material. In this case icubed (who I admit I have never read before) simply states "Prior to Sundblom's first rendition in 1931, people envisioned Santa Claus as leprechaun-like, or as a queer mixture of a gnome and a bishop."

I find "people" to be quite a sweeping statement - snopes provides specific examples which disprove this generalisation: 1841 - full sized Santa hired for outside shop; Nast's 1881 Merry Old Santa Claus like the modern Santa; Louis Prang's 1885 card featuring a red suited chubby Santa; New York Times report of 1927 stating that the height, weight and dress are standardised.

Just seems more comprehensive to me.

agreed.

Ya want to know what Santa Claus really looks like? :D

lol - doesn't that make you an elf then?

Naw, Reindeer. :elkgrin: