Why is Santa Claus depicted in red? Because Coca-Cola did it

Before Coca-Cola's influence, Santa was depicted in various colours, including green. In the 1930s, Artist Haddon Sundblom’s illustrations for Coca-Cola’s advertising campaign, featuring a jolly, red-suited Santa, forever changed the public’s perception. Today Coca-Cola sells 1.9 billion bottles per day & over 10,000 soft drinks every second globally.