Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 17, 2007
December 16, 2007
December 18, 2007
Transcript:
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented by Montgomery Ward's department store in 1939!" "Santa Claus' navigator is a marketing gimmick!" "Uh-huh, and Santa Claus is...?" "Instrument rated, I sure hope."
No New Wars almost 10 years ago
The big fat jolly Santa Claus in red was invented by the Coca Cola Corporation.
hazel power almost 7 years ago
share a coke with santa!.. what??
zigwaffle321 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Technically, Santa Claus himself is an Americanization of the Dutch Sinterklaas in the 1770s, when Washington Irving came up with the roly-poly jolly man with a pipe; the idea of the sleigh pulled by reindeer came in 1821; Coca-Cola just came up with the color since it was associated with their product.
Darkknight55 12 months ago
Not only that, but he actually predates the song about him. There was a cartoon version made before the song as well.