Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa Claus is coming to town!
A recent newspaper advertisement has been causing a lot of noise after an accidental typo which resulted in a call for "pictures with Satan" instead of "pictures with Santa". Unfortunately for the Sunday Christmas parade in Comox Valley, it was plagued with an unwanted embarrassment due to the unexpected mistake in publication.
The Comox Valley Record acknowledged their responsibility and wrote an apologetic editorial to the public. They believe that there is no excuse for what happened, and they are not going to use any space to make one. Even though there are the same numbers of proofreaders, the current ad was missed.
The Comox Valley Record apologized, especially to the affected clients and those people who are offended by the mistake. It was also reconfirmed that Santa Claus is coming to town and will join the parade at 11:15 a.m. for photos.
Facts about Santa Claus history
- He was more than what we thought
The history has turned Santa Claus into a generous toy-giving who works a sleigh led by Rudolph the red nose reindeer with seven other reindeers.
But the story is actually inspired by a real person. Born around year 270, Saint Nicholas was the Bishop of a town called Myra, which is now a place known as Turkey. He was respected and become popular as an anonymous gift giver. He paid the dowries of poor girls and enjoyed giving simple treats and coins to random children. He usually left the gifts inside their shoes during the night. That's the very reason why he has been canonized as the patron of children.
- 'Santa Claus' is a name heard for only 200 years
St. Nicholas' story was kept alive wiith the help of Dutch tradition. They used the character Sinterklass as the bishop who goes from house to house to give some treats to children on the 5th night of December. Then the name Santa Claus first appears in a New York City newspaper way back 1773.
- Coca-Cola creates a modern version of Santa Claus called Mr. Claus
Santa has been featured in Coke ads since 1920. Father Christmas originally wore different colored robes: blue, green, purple, brown, among others. Then during the late 1800s, the red outfit of Santa has become popular in many countries. But the most loved version of Santa as the jolly man who seems to be smiling all the time took the moment in 1931. The artist Haddon Sundblom created him that way for a widespread campaign for Coca-Cola.
- The department store Santa is a 120-year-old tradition
A businessman in Massachusetts named James Edgar was the first man to use Santa Claus costume as a marketing tool. He dressed up as Santa to attract children from all over the state and drag their moms and dads to his small dry goods store in Brockton. This is when the tradition of Santa Claus's appearances in stores and other important events begun.