Santa is really green!!!!

[poopy]

Did ya'll know that Santa was really green. Well in the olden days they only had black & white TV's so no1 knew what colour he was, it was Coke Cola that made him red! Thats why on Santa the Movie Mrs Santa first made him a green outfit!!!!

[Scotman84]

Santa can be many colours, depending on the country. This has been discussed frequently here if you trawl through the old questions.

Coca Cola was not responsible for turning him red though - see http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp

[JOEYGREEN]

I have tried telling this to my fiance and his family for years and they just thinking I'm winding them up!

[becky h]

i no. i have been telling people that for ages they just think i am pulling their legs. just shows you how powerful advertising is.

[Thunderbird+]

It could be another drink that was responsible for the red and white colours. Take a look at this-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A6084218

[yummymum]

scotman i think that article shows that cola were not the first to make him red(he had been many colous before} but the were the ones to make him a famous RED santa

[mycats]

THANK YOU Scotman84 lol the ammount of people that have said that to me this year (about coke cola being responsible) has been driving me mental. It wasnt!!

[Kingaroo]

WARNING: the site Thunderman links to repeatedly misattributes authorship of the poem that starts "Twas the night before Christmas" which was really written by Clement C. Moore. Makes me wonder about their other facts.