No, Coca-Cola did not invent the modern image of Santa Claus but Coca-Cola helped popularize the image. Santa Claus as we know him today originated from works in the 1800s by poet Clement Clark ...

The First Santa (Harper's Weekly) The Christmas 1862 Harper's Weekly, postdated January 3, 1863, shows a woman in a circle, kneeling at the foot of a bed and praying for her husband's safety.

No, Coca-Cola did not invent the modern image of Santa Claus but Coca-Cola helped popularize the image. Santa Claus as we know him today originated from works in the 1800s by poet Clement Clark ...