Marks & Spencer Christmas advert taken down

[urban genie]

They should have pulled it more because it was shite than anything else

 

[BerkshireBlue]

Seems a quick Google can see bunk that one. Although the colour of red being a Christmas colour had definitely been entrenched by coca cola - he appeared in many colours before the first coke adverts (according to Google lol)... Anyway a bit off topic lol

lol apart from the fact that your debunking is wrong. Saint Nicolas has been depicted as a fat red man with a white beard since the 1800's

 

[bluenova]

Is it pro-apartheid?

Very nuanced argument ;)

If you want to find people to argue vehemently with, there's a 750+ page thread on Israel/Palestine elsewhere. All I'm suggesting is that real people I know are a bit more complex than the binary pro-Israel/woke comment you initially made.

 

[mexico1970]

lol apart from the fact that your debunking is wrong. Saint Nicolas has been depicted as a fat red man with a white beard since the 1800's

Not all heroes wear green :)

 

[M16 citeh]

lol apart from the fact that your debunking is wrong. Saint Nicolas has been depicted as a fat red man with a white beard since the 1800's

Seems like there was a few different colours back then tbf mate

 

[PragueBlue]

Christian colours for Christmastide are white and gold.

I know. Red and green were used previously during the winter solstice which to some degree got absorbed into Christmas. Holly and Ivy were frequently hung in houses.

Red and green also have some Christian symbolism too. Red for the blood of Christ and green represents eternal life. Certainly predates Coca Cola, though that most likely helped solidify the colours as part of 'modern Christmas'.

 

[BerkshireBlue]

Seems like there was a few different colours back then tbf mate

not really it was constantly red by 1800, if you said pre 1800 then yes I'd agree but that's an incorrect answer.
you might want to read this

Here comes Santa Claus: a visual history of Saint Nick – in pictures

See how the great man has morphed from Nikolaos the wonder-worker in the fourth century to the jolly man in red we know and love today ... get ready for frescoes, stick-em-ups and Norman Rockwell

www.theguardian.com

 

[Barcon]

You cunts watch too much t.v if you ask me.

 

[lefty goldblatt]

Saint Nicolas has been depicted as a fat red man with a white beard since the 1800's

He's dyed his beard red.

He's very generous. His team gave us 3 points, last week.

Ho
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[Nellies left peg]

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He's dyed his beard red.

He's very generous. His team gave us 3 points, last week.

Ho
Ho
Ho

Christmas came early and the rags will be dishing out similar gifts throughout November and December to deserving clubs