Actually IIRC most of the modern idea of Santa Claus comes from "T'was The Night Before Christmas" Coca-Cola expanded upon the description for its famous ad campaign. By skinny Santa I'm assuming you mean Saint Nicholas who visits Dutch children every year after arriving by ship from his home in Spain. St. Nick proved to be so different than Santa that I snapped a picture of him in a Amsterdam department store with the K1000 with a M50 f2 in 1991 .
Evan trying to be on topic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amita Guha" > > P.S. Polar bears are a trademark of Coca-ColaTM now, did you know > > that? > > So is Santa Claus. I'm not kidding. The modern image of Santa Claus, > fat and decked out in red, was created for an ad campaign for Coke > around the turn of the last century. Before that, Santa was supposed > to be skinny and I think his clothing was different. > - - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
