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AsleepInYorkshire
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Re: Rejoice!

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Postby AsleepInYorkshire » December 22nd, 2020, 10:33 pm

mc2fool wrote:
AsleepInYorkshire wrote:Why is Santa red? You asked Google – here’s the answer

The definitive image of the red-robed one was, however, the product of hard-nosed commercialism. Coca-Cola wanted to boost its winter sales and hit on the idea of Santa being a coke drinker in a campaign tagged “Thirst Knows No Season”.

We need to establish the truth here. My ability to crawl out of a tight corner is at stake :lol:

Also from your link: :D

"The tradition of him wearing red began in the 1870s with the American cartoonist Thomas Nast, who introduced the red suit and cap, white fur lining and buckled black belt. Nast produced numerous drawings of Santa for Harper’s Weekly over a period of more than 20 years and, having first portrayed him in the Stars and Stripes (Nast was a passionate supporter of the union side in the American civil war) and in green, eventually achieved a representation of the Santa we know that owed much in spirit to “The Night Before Christmas”. His 1881 image of Santa quickly became something akin to an official portrait."

Noooooooooooooooooo :lol:

AiY

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Postby scotia » December 22nd, 2020, 11:30 pm

AsleepInYorkshire wrote:And I should note Santa Claus' red suit is actually a spin off from a Coca-Cola poster/ad. Before which he was green.
We need to establish the truth here. My ability to crawl out of a tight corner is at stake :lol:
AiY


Lets call it a draw! - the Getty Image below is of St Nicholas - courtesy Encyclopedia Britannica

Image

Red Cloak over Green(ish) Tunic. :)

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Re: Rejoice!

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Postby AsleepInYorkshire » December 23rd, 2020, 9:24 am

I can confirm I bounced out of my pit this morning :lol:

These longer days suit me

AiY

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Re: Rejoice!

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Postby UncleEbenezer » December 23rd, 2020, 11:07 am

AsleepInYorkshire wrote:I can confirm I bounced out of my pit this morning :lol:

These longer days suit me

AiY

But ...

... but ...

The mornings are still getting darker.

(I slept in 'til well after 9 - first night on lovely new mattress)

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Re: Rejoice!

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Postby AsleepInYorkshire » December 23rd, 2020, 11:11 am

UncleEbenezer wrote:
AsleepInYorkshire wrote:I can confirm I bounced out of my pit this morning :lol:

These longer days suit me

AiY

But ...

... but ...

The mornings are still getting darker.

(I slept in 'til well after 9 - first night on lovely new mattress)

9am - that's the middle of the night :lol:

Glad your new mattress is comfy

AiY

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Re: Rejoice!

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Postby AsleepInYorkshire » January 4th, 2021, 10:32 pm

kiloran wrote:That's the winter solstice consigned to history, the days are getting longer and spring is on the way.
Happy days!

--kiloran

UK in lockdown by 4th January 2021 :roll:

Three evenings in to operation dry January :o

Recall on kiloran's [faulty] crystal ball :lol:

Happy New Year

AiY
PS ... night four - have smuggled some brandy through the dog door which is built into the back door. Terrible stuff ... will have to get rid of it quickly.

PPS ... No mention to lockdown is any way a politically motivated comment :ugeek:

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Postby Mike4 » January 4th, 2021, 10:58 pm

kiloran wrote:That's the winter solstice consigned to history, the days are getting longer and spring is on the way.
Happy days!

--kiloran


I drove past Stonehenge today. Twice.

It looks so much smaller than it did we I was a kid seeing it from the car window each time we went to Devon on summer holiday.

I find it hard to believe we are really gonna splurge £2bn digging the road into a tunnel dug through all that precious Salisbury Plain earth the archiogolists say is so invaluable for future research.....

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Re: Rejoice!

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Postby Nimrod103 » January 4th, 2021, 11:04 pm

Mike4 wrote:
kiloran wrote:That's the winter solstice consigned to history, the days are getting longer and spring is on the way.
Happy days!

--kiloran


I drove past Stonehenge today. Twice.

It looks so much smaller than it did we I was a kid seeing it from the car window each time we went to Devon on summer holiday.

I find it hard to believe we are really gonna splurge £2bn digging the road into a tunnel dug through all that precious Salisbury Plain earth the archiogolists say is so invaluable for future research.....


Blame the Druids for building it so close to the A303!

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Postby Mike4 » January 4th, 2021, 11:19 pm

Nimrod103 wrote:
Mike4 wrote:
kiloran wrote:That's the winter solstice consigned to history, the days are getting longer and spring is on the way.
Happy days!

--kiloran


I drove past Stonehenge today. Twice.

It looks so much smaller than it did we I was a kid seeing it from the car window each time we went to Devon on summer holiday.

I find it hard to believe we are really gonna splurge £2bn digging the road into a tunnel dug through all that precious Salisbury Plain earth the archiogolists say is so invaluable for future research.....


Blame the Druids for building it so close to the A303!


I think them Druids move it in the night. It gets closer to the road every time I pass.


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