Coca-Cola Christmas truck to visit Nottingham on Friday

“I hope the police will be around to control the rampant crowds, especially that officer who has a fondness for concealing cosmetics at this particular store! Only joking Ma'am.”

“BL i think it was gordon brown who told us all to max out our credit cards, i think he also drank a lot of coke too judging by his size,”

“Ziggy try Dickens again, but not Scrooge this time- Mr Macawber said - 'Income 20 shillings, expenditure 20 shillings and sixpence, result misery. But income 20 shillings, expenditure 19 shillings and sixpence result happiness'. I fear it's an odd person who craves the excitement of being constantly in trouble, the fruit of a troubled mind perchance.”

“Christmas without coke? No thanks!”

“Another disgraceful example of free advertising by the Post. Is there a newsdesk manager or company executive who has the cojones to explain to readers how this has been allowed to happen?”

“Another example of free advertising for a company that sells drinks full of sugar which make people fat.”

“@BL Bah Humbug!

Prudence does not make people happy; it merely deprives them of the excitement of being constantly in trouble... Mason Cooley”

“"Coca cola is responsible for inventing the red and white santa or father christmas as we know it today" --- whyler

Afraid that's a myth. Here's a rather nice collection of 19th century Christmas cards from the V&A:

http://tinyurl.com/abwecvf

Although you occasionally find Father Christmas in other colours, he was almost always shown in red long before Coca Cola got involved.”

“Ziggy, the Coke campaign is all to do with marketing and brand awareness and using Christmas to increase sales. This ties in with the culture I was highlighting, that of spending more than you can afford on things that you don't really need in the name of a travesty of Christmas.”

“I enjoy the coke Christmas marketing campaign, I think they do it so well, I think it's become linked with Christmas because often people buy Coke at Christmas as a bit of a treat when they wouldn't buy it normally. Yes it's a sugary drink with the potential to make you fat, so what, it tastes nice that's why its one of the most if not the most successful brand on planet earth.

@BL there is absolutely nothing in the coke marketing campaign that has anything whatsoever to do with buying goods on credit, although many credit cards will be 'maxed' in the coming days, it seems pretty unlikely that there will be a connection between this and the purchase of cocoa cola.

@whyler This is a popular misconception, although the Santa character has evolved over the centuries, the red and white santa we know today first appeared in the 1800s and had become the norm by the 1920s, Coca Cola didn't use a Santa character in their advertising until 1931.

@ Paulnottm millions of us will be celebrating Christmas on the 25th, only a tiny minority will even spare a thought for the supposed events of 2000 years ago, which the majority of us don't even believe occurred, Christmas is a time to gather with family, celebrate another year survived, exchange gifts and over indulge on nice food, our winter festivals have been this way since long long before Jesus was in anyone's thoughts and Coca Cola fits perfectly into the over indulgence section of our celebrations.”