Post by account_disabled on Mar 14, 2024 3:01:39 GMT -5
Like every year, the Internet is filled with the misinformed legend that Santa Claus was a Coca-Cola invention perpetrated by this company at the dawn of the marketing of its soft drink: the legend is undoubtedly credible due to the exploitation that Coca-Cola itself Cola has made the figure of Santa Claus, associating itself with Christmas, positioning itself in the sale of “happiness”, with the fortunate coincidence that the colors of Santa Claus and Coca-Cola are red and white. But nothing could be further from the truth, Pepsi itself, Coca-Cola's quintessential rival, at that time also used the plump red and white as its Christmas image: anyone who knows the historical rivalry between both brands would rule out the fact that Pepsi used a Coca-Cola's corporatist Santa Claus. The story of San Nicolás de Mira The most precious origin of Santa Claus is Saint Nicholas of Mira or Bari, a Christian bishop of the 4th century AD, who lived in the city of Mira (modern Demre, southern Turkey.
The fame that Saint Nicholas acquired in his time and with which he transcended history, in addition to his fervent religiosity, was his devotion to the poor, especially his custom of giving gifts to the poor. Saint Nicholas was soon canonized and, in the 11th century, when Turkey was invaded by Muslims, some Italian merchants from the city of Bari took the saint's remains to their city, where they built the basilica of Saint Nicholas (which is why It is currently best known for San Nicolás de Bari). In Mari, only the original sarcophagus of Saint Nicholas remained, today completely destroyed. A curious fact is that in Venice there BYB Directory is also a church built in his name, since they also claimed to have remains of the saint: last century, through a DNA examination, it was found that both the remains in Venice and those in Bari correspond to the same person.
Why is Santa Claus celebrated on December 25? According to the tradition that went through the Middle Ages, Saint Nicholas was born on December 6, so the custom of giving gifts to children was established that day, December 6. Centuries later, with the arrival of Martin Luther and the Protestant reforms (Protestants, unlike Catholics, do not believe in images or saints), Luther decides to transfer the custom of giving gifts to children from December 6 to 25, to associate that custom with the birth of Jesus Christ. Where and when does the figure of Santa Claus emerge? Although this tradition was fully established in Europe, the figure of Santa Claus (Noel, as we all know, means Christmas in French), in its most iconic sense, appears in England, in the 16th century, during the reign of Henry VIII, where we are presented with a bearded, kind, almost profane old man, dressed in a green tunic, an iconic and symbolic figure of the Christmas spirit: charity, abundance, peace, etc.
The fame that Saint Nicholas acquired in his time and with which he transcended history, in addition to his fervent religiosity, was his devotion to the poor, especially his custom of giving gifts to the poor. Saint Nicholas was soon canonized and, in the 11th century, when Turkey was invaded by Muslims, some Italian merchants from the city of Bari took the saint's remains to their city, where they built the basilica of Saint Nicholas (which is why It is currently best known for San Nicolás de Bari). In Mari, only the original sarcophagus of Saint Nicholas remained, today completely destroyed. A curious fact is that in Venice there BYB Directory is also a church built in his name, since they also claimed to have remains of the saint: last century, through a DNA examination, it was found that both the remains in Venice and those in Bari correspond to the same person.
Why is Santa Claus celebrated on December 25? According to the tradition that went through the Middle Ages, Saint Nicholas was born on December 6, so the custom of giving gifts to children was established that day, December 6. Centuries later, with the arrival of Martin Luther and the Protestant reforms (Protestants, unlike Catholics, do not believe in images or saints), Luther decides to transfer the custom of giving gifts to children from December 6 to 25, to associate that custom with the birth of Jesus Christ. Where and when does the figure of Santa Claus emerge? Although this tradition was fully established in Europe, the figure of Santa Claus (Noel, as we all know, means Christmas in French), in its most iconic sense, appears in England, in the 16th century, during the reign of Henry VIII, where we are presented with a bearded, kind, almost profane old man, dressed in a green tunic, an iconic and symbolic figure of the Christmas spirit: charity, abundance, peace, etc.