Look around the internet for why red and green are classic Christmas colors and one suspect immediately pops up: Coca-Cola. The legend goes that when the soft drink icon was advertising around the ...

3 red bell peppers. 45 ml olive oil. 1 onion, chopped. 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped. 1 can (410 g) cherry tomatoes. 30 ml fennel seeds. Pinch of saffron. 60 ml sherry vinegar. Salt and freshly ...

Red and green were Christmas colors well before Coke was being sold as Santa’s favorite beverage. For instance, an 1896 newspaper mentions, “The decoration of the hall was as unique and ...

However, in 1931, Haddon Sundblom, an illustrator for Coca-Cola, created a round, jolly Santa Claus for an ad campaign and the image stuck. Dressed in a bright red jacket, the Santa in Sundblom's ...