funeralxempire wrote:
... The current Santa concept is based on a mix of traditions associated with Saint Nicholas, with the Dutch Sinterklaas and with the English Father Christmas and is an invention of ...
... the Coca-Cola Company in 1931.
On a side note, "A visit from St. Nicolas" (a.k.a., "The Night Before Christmas") was written in 1822, in which only 8 reindeer were named. Rudolph first joined the team in 1939 in a booklet written by Robert L. May and published by Montgomery Ward, the department store. May's brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, adapted the story of Rudolph into a song. Gene Autry's recording of the song hit No. 1 on the Billboard pop singles chart the week of Christmas 1949. The stop-motion animated TV movie was first shown in 1964.
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