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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: Dabby on May 24, 2018, 11:46:50 pm

Title: Vikings
Post by: Dabby on May 24, 2018, 11:46:50 pm
Well you learn summat every day, Just found out after 62 years being on this earth, that the Horned helmets... contrary to the modern myth, were not and never worn by the Vikings. That Pi**ed on my bonfire.

They will be telling me next ,that santa`s costume was once Green .

I need to get out more .. 
Title: Re: Vikings
Post by: Colemans Left Hook on May 24, 2018, 11:56:09 pm
Well you learn summat every day, Just found out after 62 years being on this earth, that the Horned helmets... contrary to the modern myth, were not and never worn by the Vikings. That Pi**ed on my bonfire.

They will be telling me next ,that santa`s costume was once Green .

I need to get out more ..

little did Dabby know that they used to portray him in green quite often in the Fatherland


https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=1000&bih=525&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=g0EHW9u8B4L1gQbdl7H4DQ&q=GERMAN+green+FATHER+CHRISTMAS&oq=GERMAN+green+FATHER+CHRISTMAS&gs_l=img.12...236917.238350.0.240343.6.6.0.0.0.0.150.564.4j2.6.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.0.0....0.WHmwI8fXoSs
Title: Re: Vikings
Post by: silent majority on May 25, 2018, 08:50:33 am
Santa was dressed in brown when I was a kid. It only became red after a Coca Cola promotion.
Title: Re: Vikings
Post by: stuey on May 25, 2018, 09:56:54 am
Santa was dressed in brown when I was a kid. It only became red after a Coca Cola promotion.

That's a myth. He was depicted as wearing red as far back as the mid 1800's. Although Coca cola did depict him as the fat jolly man with a white beard we know today
Title: Re: Vikings
Post by: DMnumber4 on May 25, 2018, 10:27:08 am
Santa was dressed in brown when I was a kid. It only became red after a Coca Cola promotion.

That's a myth. He was depicted as wearing red as far back as the mid 1800's. Although Coca cola did depict him as the fat jolly man with a white beard we know today

"Santa is a Rover na na na na!"
Title: Re: Vikings
Post by: silent majority on May 25, 2018, 11:33:11 am
Santa was dressed in brown when I was a kid. It only became red after a Coca Cola promotion.

That's a myth. He was depicted as wearing red as far back as the mid 1800's. Although Coca cola did depict him as the fat jolly man with a white beard we know today

Partly true. Although red had been used before, the Coca Cola campaign helped reinforce that image, and now its very rare to see him dressed in anything else.
Title: Re: Vikings
Post by: Glyn_Wigley on May 25, 2018, 12:31:13 pm
Santa was dressed in brown when I was a kid. It only became red after a Coca Cola promotion.

That's a myth. He was depicted as wearing red as far back as the mid 1800's. Although Coca cola did depict him as the fat jolly man with a white beard we know today

Partly true. Although red had been used before, the Coca Cola campaign helped reinforce that image, and now its very rare to see him dressed in anything else.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7152054.stm
Title: Re: Vikings
Post by: i_ateallthepies on May 26, 2018, 08:29:28 am
I'm a good bit older than you Martin and he was always in red when I was a kid.
Title: Re: Vikings
Post by: Geoff Blakesley on May 26, 2018, 11:24:50 am
Did you know the wars of the roses wasn't between Yorkshire and Lancashire ?
Title: Re: Vikings
Post by: silent majority on May 26, 2018, 12:50:43 pm
I'm a good bit older than you Martin and he was always in red when I was a kid.

I remember quite distinctly doing some work at Junior school around a Christmas theme. We were set the task of decorating the classroom etc and the colours we used for 'Santa' were all a dark brown. That image has stayed with me ever since.

I had to smile with the 'good bit older' remark though! Are you sure? :-)
Title: Re: Vikings
Post by: i_ateallthepies on May 26, 2018, 05:33:57 pm
Either that or you never had a paper round ;0)
Title: Re: Vikings
Post by: Sprotyrover on May 26, 2018, 06:37:49 pm
The real St Nicholas of Marmaris is always depicted in Orthodox Icons as wearing red.
Title: Re: Vikings
Post by: RedJ on May 27, 2018, 12:22:21 pm
Did you know the wars of the roses wasn't between Yorkshire and Lancashire ?

Aye, cos if it was, Yorkshire woulda won.