Mary?
Mary and Joseph - who said on the invitation ''Just had a Baby pop round to our Stable for a party ; bring a present. Dress Code, smart/casual ''
Mary?
[emoji23]That's a lot of coke there.
I actually met the great-granddaugther of the guy who "established" the modern Santa Claus, Swedish-American illustrator Haddon Sundblom, who worked for Coca Cola in the 1930s. According to her research, he was inspired by Swedish 19th century jultomte (Santa Claus) illustrator Jenny Nyström, who made a lot of "modern type" Santas beginning in the 1870s, fairly similar to todays versions:
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From what Haddon Sundbloms great-granddaughter told me, Nyström was inspired by some yank (cant remember his name) from the early 19th century, and he is probably who you could consider the "inventor", though it is true that Sundbloms Coca Cola-Santa established the "final" version.
As for who invented Christmas... Probably Jesus mother? In some ways..
From what Haddon Sundbloms great-granddaughter told me, Nyström was inspired by some yank (cant remember his name) from the early 19th century, and he is probably who you could consider the "inventor", though it is true that Sundbloms Coca Cola-Santa established the "final" version.
As for who invented Christmas... Probably Jesus mother? In some ways..
The Romans
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, public health and Christmas, what have the Romans ever done for us?
I went out today for the first time into town and it was quite evident all the shoppers where as miserable as ff..uck.
That's because Christmas is shit but too many people don't have the guts to admit it.
How can an eating and drinking festival with friends and loved ones be shit?