[contemplator]

She added: "The red-suited Santa was created as a marketing tool by Coca-Cola, it is a symbol of commercialism.

I would worry about a school that doesn't bother to research it's "facts".

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp

I'm guessing that the spokeswoman who spouted the "Coke" nonsense was simply trying to look for a rational explanation for something they had already decided to do. She apparently thought that the "commercialism" argument would work so she accepted the 'urban legend' to support her case. Thank goodness for the age of the internet and the near instantaneous fact checking ability it gives!

[Stoat]

She added: "The red-suited Santa was created as a marketing tool by Coca-Cola, it is a symbol of commercialism.

I would worry about a school that doesn't bother to research it's "facts".

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp

I'm guessing that the spokeswoman who spouted the "Coke" nonsense was simply trying to look for a rational explanation for something they had already decided to do. She apparently thought that the "commercialism" argument would work so she accepted the 'urban legend' to support her case. Thank goodness for the age of the internet and the near instantaneous fact checking ability it gives!

Thanks very much for the link!

Anyone wishing to contact this fine school and compliment them on the intellectual stature of their teachers and of their dedication to factual accuracy, as well as their refusal to bend to the fashionable winds of Leftist secularism are welcome to do so here:

Brighton Steiner School - Contact

 

Thank you for your interest in Brighton Steiner School. We welcome all enquiries and will happily answer any questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to contact us by one of the methods below. Thank you.

The Brighton Steiner School
Roedean Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 5RA (Map)
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1273 386300
Fax: +44 (0)1273 386313
Email: enquiries@brightonsteinerschool.org.uk

 

 

(Hopefully I don't need to add a "sarcasm" tag here......)

[ThatchersKiddie]

She added: “The red-suited Santa was created as a marketing tool by Coca-Cola, it is a symbol of commercialism.

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That’s not what she said. She actually said “The red-suited Santa makes us think of Coca-Cola advertising. We want to go back to the original Saint Nicholaus dressed in green.”

The Daily Mail (the paper that supported Hitler) is printing it’s own version of the “truth” again.

Oh, and green is just as valid as red for Santa. Dickens’ version was dressed in green.