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Thousands protest gay marriage in Taipei TAIPEI TIMES
Taiwanese protesters of anti-same sex marriage hold up slogans yesterday reading “marriage should be decided by referendum” during a rally against a proposal to allow same-sex marriage in Taipei.
Opponents of same-sex marriage yesterday rallied tens of thousands of people along Ketagalan Boulevard, in a massive protest against proposed Civil Code amendments.
Coalition for the Happiness of Our Next Generation, which organized the protest, said 80,000 people attended the demonstration, whose white-shirted crowd spilled out of Ketagalan Boulevard to encircle Jingfu Gate （景福門）.
Organizers said that companion rallies in Taichung and Kaohsiung attracted an additional 90,000 participants.
While a huge rally outside the Legislative Yuan last month was marked by Christian hymns and prayer, yesterday’s event had a more ecumenical bent, with protesters dancing to the children’s song Lovable Family.
Participants waved pieces of paper calling for a referendum on same-sex marriage and parental control over children’s education, after being forbidden from bringing their own banners by event organizers.
A skit called for what it called a pro-homosexual curriculum to be “driven out” of schools, with members of the crowd also throwing around two large black balls while calling for Democratic Progressive Party （DPP） Legislator Yu Mei-nu （尤美女） to “roll out” （滾出去） of Taiwan — a pun on the Mandarin expression for “scram.”
Yu has been one of the main sponsors of amendments to the Civil Code, which would legalize same-sex marriage, also serving as co-convener of the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee to which legislation has been referred.
Leaders from a cross-section of Buddhist, Daoist, Christian and other religious groups, which have joined the anti-gay marriage National Religious Alliance, were also featured.
“We oppose homosexual marriage being amended into the Civil Code because the family system comprised of marriage between one man and one woman is the foundation of society, and if you damage it, that will lead to marriage, family and the structure of society being completely wiped out,” alliance spokesman Chu Wu-hsien （朱武憲） said.
“Every person has a right to love, but there is also a proper order to love: We do not use the same manner to love animals as people, and love for a husband and wife is different from how you love friends,” Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference secretary-general Otried Chan （陳科） said.
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Did Coca Cola “invent” Santa Claus? wordpress.com
Legend has it that the modern Santa Claus was created by Coca Cola back in the 1930s as part of a national advertising campaign. As part of this theory, it was also widely believed that that Santa’s red and white colors were chosen for one reason—to promote the Coke brand.
It sounds good—our premier Christmas image created by an American marketing machine—but it’s not completely true.
As mentioned in an earlier post, the Santa image had been evolving for years. By the late 19th century, Santa was still portrayed in many lights– as large and slight build, sometimes chubby, sometimes not; sometimes jolly, sometimes serious. His clothes might be red, purple or green (when Louis Prang created a Santa Claus Christmas card in 1885, he was wearing a red suit)
Still, there was a look emerging. By the time Norman Rockwell was painting Santas in the 1920s (picture below on left), Santa’s makeover was pretty complete and universally recognized. The bushy eyebrows, chubby physique, white beard, sacks of toys—all were in place by the time Coca Cola got its hands on Santa.
You could also see this Santa image depicted for years in Christmas cards (see above middle and right).
“Although some versions of the Santa Claus figure still had him attired in various colors of outfits past the beginning of the 20th century, the jolly, ruddy, sack-carrying Santa with a red suit and flowing white whiskers had become the standard image of Santa Claus by the 1920s, several years before Sundlom drew his first Santa illustration for Coca-Cola. As The New York Times reported on 27 November 1927:
A standardized Santa Claus appears to New York children. Height, weight, stature are almost exactly standardized, as are the red garments, the hood and the white whiskers. The pack full of toys, ruddy cheeks and nose, bushy eyebrows and a jolly, paunchy effect are also inevitable parts of the requisite make-up.”
What Coke did do was give us a consistent, standardized look, while promoting an image that would spread across the globe. While they didn’t invent the red-clothed Santa, their massive campaign was one of the main reasons for that Santa Claus is depicted even today as wearing red and white.
It was during the Great Depression, and Coke hired a talented Chicago illustrator (Haddon Sundblom) to create a Christmas advertising campaign. Times were tough and Coca-Cola needed ways to increase sales of their product during the usually slow winter season.
Sundblom enhanced Santa’s image, making him about two feet taller, 100 pounds heavier and featuring a new personality. This Santa would be good natured, jolly and a breath of fresh air for those suffering in tough times. Santa appeared in a gleaming red outfit. Sundblom’s version was a full-sized human (no more elf figures) with a plump belly and a pleasant face. One writer described him as a “kindly uncle who enjoys his work. He raids the refrigerator and takes time to play with the family dog.”
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Who “invent” Santa Claus?
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What do you think about Christmas?
How do people in Taiwan celebrate Christmas?
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How does advertising influence people?
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