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Brad Johnson

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Disney kicks out St. Nick
« on: December 16, 2006, 10:50:34 AM »

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,236796,00.html

Apparently Disney has no problem with Santa Clause, just as long as no one but a Disney employee potrays him.

I could see an issue if the dude was trying to imitate a Disney character, but a monopoly on Santa Clause?!  I can see this one backfiring on them... big time.

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Re: Disney kicks out St. Nick
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2006, 12:24:13 PM »
Yeah, Santa is a Disney character.  Just like fistful is a Disney character. 
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Re: Disney kicks out St. Nick
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2006, 01:01:44 PM »
I read someplace that the Santa in the red and white suit was actually a creation of Coca Cola.

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Re: Disney kicks out St. Nick
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2006, 02:55:58 PM »
From the various things I've read, our current picture of Santa Claus comes both from Coca-Cola advertisments and Twas the Night Before Christmas.  But his association with the color red is said to come from the color of bishops' robes.  Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop in what is now Turkey.
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