Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 17, 2007
December 16, 2007
December 18, 2007
Transcript:
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented by Montgomery Ward's department store in 1939!" "Santa Claus' navigator is a marketing gimmick!" "Uh-huh, and Santa Claus is...?" "Instrument rated, I sure hope."
Technically, Santa Claus himself is an Americanization of the Dutch Sinterklaas in the 1770s, when Washington Irving came up with the roly-poly jolly man with a pipe; the idea of the sleigh pulled by reindeer came in 1821; Coca-Cola just came up with the color since it was associated with their product.