They see green – and not out of jealousy.
Parents have criticized popular department store Bloomingdale’s after the store replaced Santa’s iconic red suit with a bottle green one.
The divisive change is part of a “holiday partnership” between Wicked and Santaland at Bloomingdale’s 59th Street flagship store.
Instead of Santa’s cheerful crimson suit with white trim and signature black belt, Saint Nick has been given an Oz-themed makeover, instead donning a deep green jacket with gold detailing and fluffy white trim.
Shoppers visiting the wildly festive attraction “can expect an exclusive AQUA collection, a range of gift-giving products and immersive in-store experiences,” according to the press release about the collaboration.
However, outraged parents are complaining about the unconventional Christmas figure and are warning others who might look for festive photos of the ugly Santa Claus.
According to the New York Postone mother wrote to a local Facebook group: “Just a heads up if your child is expecting Santa in his traditional red and white suit, Bloomingdale’s only offers green Santa.”
“We left a little disappointed without a photo,” she continued.
Parents have criticized popular department store Bloomingdales after replacing Santa’s iconic red suit with a bottle green one
“I just wanted to share it in case other people are thinking about taking their kids to see Santa and want a traditional photo.”
The Post reported that many children were also devastated by the change, with one employee telling the publication that children cried after seeing it, “because it’s green.”
While some may argue that the red suit is the traditional outfit for Santa Claus, some have suggested that his original outfit was actually green.
In modern depictions he is depicted as a portly old man with a beard, dressed in red and white.
However, some have suggested that the original character wore green and that his modern colors are the result of a marketing campaign by Coca Cola.
In 1931, Coke hired a Swedish illustrator named Haddon Sundblom to create an advertising campaign featuring Santa Claus to help sell the soft drink during the winter. He chose a portly, retired Coca-Cola salesman as a model and dressed him in the company colors: red and white.
According to The week, Saint Nicholas was an early Christian bishop born in 270 in what is now Turkey.
Saint Nick’s parents died when he was young and left him a fortune, and he decided to give away his wealth anonymously after becoming a bishop.
However, outraged parents are complaining about the unconventional Christmas figure and are warning those looking for festive photos of the ugly Santa Claus
However, furious parents are complaining about the non-traditional Christmas figure and are warning those looking for festive photos of the ugly Santa Claus. Instead of Santa’s cheerful crimson suit with white trim and signature black belt, Saint Nick had been given an Oz-themed makeover, with a deep green jacket with gold detailing and fluffy white trim
The publication wrote that in one memorable gift, he threw bags of gold through the window of a poor family, allowing them to provide dowries to the three daughters living there, who could find husbands rather than be sold into slavery.
At least one of the bags reportedly ended up in a stocking hanging to dry by the fireplace. That’s why kids nowadays hang up stockings on Christmas Eve.
A recent study has revealed the true face of the man who inspired Santa Claus for the first time in almost 1,700 years, after scientists reconstructed his likeness from his skull.
Sinterklaas of Myra was an early Christian saint whose reputation for gift-giving inspired the Dutch folk figure Sinterklaas, who would later become Santa Claus in the US.
This mythical figure is often associated with parties and games, rather than gifts – creating the character that children love today.