As I wandered around town the other day, I suddenly noticed that the Father Christmases (or should that be Fathers Christmas?) were dressed in grey. When did this new fashion start? Have I been missing something.
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| Wine seller |
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| Optician |
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| Pharmacy |
I also see they are all wearing spectacles. The first one I noticed was the one in the optician's window and I thought they were being clever. Then the wine seller had his Father Christmas surrounded by bottles, fair enough, but I started to worry when I got to the pharmacy. However the worry was unecessary and he was clutching his skis.
I don't know where this fashion for grey came from. Whatever next? Grey berries on the holly?
I thought his outfit was originally green and Coca Cola changed him to red for their adverts long ago. Or is that an urban myth?
ReplyDeleteI hadn't noticed this, but I like it.
ReplyDelete@Adullamite, I'd heard about Coca Cola's advertising changing the image of Santa Claus but I don't know what he looked like before.
ReplyDelete@Max, it may be a local thing or a French thing.. I've never noticed before but in fact I think it looks better than the red. Maybe just because it's new.
I have found a grey Santa on this Finnish site.
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