SANTA IS COMING TO TOWN

The Santa Claus we all know and love — that big, jolly man in the red suit with a white beard — didn’t always look that way.

In 1931 the Coca Cola Company began placing Coca-Cola ads in popular magazines. Archie Lee, wanted the campaign to show a wholesome Santa who was both realistic and symbolic. So Coca-Cola commissioned Michigan-born illustrator Haddon Sundblom to develop advertising images using Santa Claus — showing Santa himself, not a man dressed as Santa.

From 1931 to 1964, Coca-Cola advertising showed Santa delivering toys (and playing with them!), pausing to read a letter and enjoy a Coke, visiting with the children who stayed up to greet him, and raiding the refrigerators at a number of homes. The original oil paintings Sundblom created were adapted for Coca-Cola advertising in magazines and on store displays, billboards, posters, calendars and plush dolls. Many of those items today are popular collectibles.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM CHAD

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Enjoy these days with you're friends and family and let's hope Santa brings you some gifts.

(pic via The Globe)

MERRY X-MAS

It's christmas eve, wish you all a merry christmas with a lot of fun and presents.

(hopefully Santa gets another shirt aswell)

"SINTERKLAAS KAPOENTJE"

Today "Sinterklaas" will arrive in Holland on a steamship from Spain, from today till the 5th of December children will sing a song called "Sinterklaas kapoentje, gooi wat in mijn schoenje" and put their shoes at the fire place. Hoping that "Sinterklaas" or his helper "Zwarte Piet" put a gift in it. "Sinterklaas" is the dutch name for St. Nicolas, the bishop of Myra. This bishop became the begining of Santa Claus which is well known around the world. Tonight I will also put my Red Wing boots size 11 at the fire place let's see what happens.........