(WHTM) — The Christmas holiday isn’t just ... instead depicted a fat and jolly man with red robes set in front of a green background (while holding a bottle of Coke of course).

Arielle Eckstut: So there is no definitive history of the colors of Christmas ... red berries and green foliage, and commerce, Coca-Cola with the bright red robes and the green foliage in the ...

These ads’ green backgrounds went well with Santa’s red attire, making the red-and-green combination the quintessential Christmas aesthetic. Red and green are used in Christmas decorations ...

Many 19th- and early 20th-century Christmas celebrations ... garbed in brand-appropriate red on a green background and raising a glass of cola, was an instant smash hit. After that first success ...

As the last Thanksgiving leftover is consumed and the calendar flips to December, the unmistakable red-and-green flood of the Christmas season comes into view. The two colors fill malls and living ...