When sprucing up for Spring and cleaning out my workroom in the basement I found one of thesetissue paper garlandsthat I’d used to decorate for Tate’s first birthday party. I was at first just going to hang it as bunting (it’s original design), but thought what better way to say...
Coca-Cola ads have shaped how Americans view Santa for decades, with his bushy beard and twinkling eyes fast becoming the template in people's imaginations. But that design, created by Haddon Sundblom in 1931, wasn't the first ad by the company to feature the jolly man himself. The year ...