Santa Odin

Despite the fact that our modern-day image of Father Christmas has largely been shaped by a 1930s Coca-Cola advertising campaign, he most definitely has Pagan roots.

Children all over the world are told that Father Christmas developed from St. Nicholas, but those people that follow the oldest stories know there is more to the story than that. There was a god named Odin, often depicted as a chubby old man with a white beard who wore a long flowing cloak.

It is, therefore, a combination of these two characters, and a liberal sprinkling of Coca Cola advertising that has resulted in who we now call Father Christmas or Santa Claus.

**This piece is sold.  There was one more layer to this all.  I made the frame look like brick by stamping with a piece of sponge and black,gray acrylic. I , for some reason, did not take a photo of it finished.

©Carol Desjarlais 12.24.19