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OT - HDM get Santa's name wrong...

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  1. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator
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    <doh>

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  2. Girt Bucket

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    that's an e- bauble.
     
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  3. renegadetiger

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    That's excellente.
     
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  4. Quill

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    They might be on about Tim Allen to be fair.
     
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  5. originallambrettaman

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    Terrible film.
     
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  6. HGS66

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    Maybe they were thinking of the Marx Brothers when they were discussing a contract and they came to the "Sanity Clause" to which one of them said to "delete it as there aint no Santa Claus".
     
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  7. Sir Cheshire Ben

    Sir Cheshire Ben Well-Known Member

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    Thick ****ers, everybody knows he's Father Christmas. ****s.
     
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  8. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    Well that does piss me off to be honest. Another ****ing Americanism. The legend has always been Father Christmas here but I reckon 95% of kids now say Santa.
     
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  9. matelot-tiger

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    My 3 yr old calls him HOHO, but he has done since last year.
     
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  10. HHH

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    I'm with you. Unless this is the Hull Massachusetts Daily Mail, heads should have rolled for that alone. Spelling mistake or no spelling mistake.
     
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  11. Quill

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    <applause>.
     
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  12. originallambrettaman

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    It's not actually American, it comes from Sinterklaas, the Dutch pronunciation of Saint Nicholas.

    Though we can blame the yanks for him appearing as a fat bloke with a beard all dressed in red, as that came from an American cartoon in the 30's.
     
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  13. bum_chinned_crab

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    Well it is American, cos we don't call him Sinterklaas. I've never seen an English kid write Sinterklaas. We call him the American version Santa Claus.

    Is it a myth that the present image is from Coca Cola then? I know he was always traditionally pictured in green prior to whatever changed his image
     
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  14. Charlie1

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    Sometimes when I read this board I think what a load of moany old gits you are. Even the young uns. <laugh>
     
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  15. Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC

    Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC Well-Known Member

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    I read that in a book on the history of Coca-Cola.
     
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  16. originallambrettaman

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    The story about the modern image of Santa being created by Coca-Cola is an urban myth, he was portrayed in a red suit and as a fat bloke hundreds of years before Coke existed.
     
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  17. Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC

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    Maybe Coke got their colour scheme from Fatty Xmas then.......:emoticon-0105-wink:
     
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  18. bum_chinned_crab

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    They claim in 1862 he was a little elf in a tan suit and Coke was invented in 1886, so not hundred of years earlier. I'm sure they're looking at it from American eyes though.

    http://www.coca-colacompany.com/holidays/the-true-history-of-the-modern-day-santa-claus
     
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  19. originallambrettaman

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    This is the 1852 Thomas Nast image they refer to in that clip, it looks like Santa to me...

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    Though it was originally published in black and white, they didn't have colour printing back then, they've coloured it in since...

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    They also forgot to mention other images from the late 1860's, like this one by the same artist...

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    He was originally portrayed as a religious figure in the early 1800's...

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    And this is from an English book The Examination and Tryal of Father Christmas, published in 1686...

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    I think Coke like to write their own history.

    And before anyone asks, you're right, I've not got much on today.
     
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  20. Jimmy Graham's bald head

    Jimmy Graham's bald head Well-Known Member

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    As well as the spelling mistake the way the photo is cropped makes it look like Father Christmas killed some poor bastard on his motorbike.
     
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