Why does Santa Claus dress in red? Here's a brief history of the legendary figure

Christmas is time for celebration and fun and each year Christmas tritions and ir popularity only seems to be growing. Santa Claus is an important part of  Christmas tritions and Santa along with his eight reindeers have t only stirred hearts of kids but ults too. Santa Claus is always dressed in red but ever wondered why? Also, how did U.S civil war shape Santa's im to masses? It is time to think about Santa Claus's history and ponder on Christmas tritions that have been going on for years. re was a time when Santa Claus looked quite different from how he does today and he did t wear red. 

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history of Santa Claus and connection to U.S. Civil war

During early 19th century, Santa was sketched differently from artist to artist, sometimes skinny, often short, and he h specific color. re were poems written on his description and many people portrayed Santa to be wearing fur coats and coming with his eight reindeers. Historians give credit to American cartoonist Thomas Nast who popularize an im of Santa Claus to masses. This im was similar to  Kris Kringle. cartoonist drew an illustration of Santa in 1863 naming it as "Santa Claus in Camp". This im showed Santa as an elf and t huge jolly Santa we have today. Thomas Nast also me people believe that Santa lives at rth Pole. Abraham Lincoln called Santa rrn states’ best recruiting nt and many assumptions of Santa were me. Later, cartoonist changed Santa's clothing to red making him look like today's Santa. 

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Why does Santa Claus wear Red?

Later, in year 1920s,  Coca-Cola Company started using Santa as a way to vertise ir bever as sales were down and people would t drink cola during winter. idea became a huge hit as people associated red to Santa and cola. Children would even leave cola at ir doorsteps in hope of Santa coming to m. Later, im of Santa in red was so huge that it became impossible for people to imagine Santa Claus in any or color.

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