This is one of those episodes I’ll keep coming back to to watch again and again to learn every bit of information that is in the video. Very informative, interesting and fun, like all of your theories Mat! I can’t count all the times I’ve been able to comment in a conversation with facts I learn from your videos. Tangential learning at it’s finest! Merry Christmas everyone! Stay safe and have a happy new year!

@jaemeal

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and same! Have a great holiday season and happy new year!

@boom34z55

2 жыл бұрын

Idk, it’s too factual and teachy than theoretical to me. The whole video felt off, like someone new wrote the script.

@Carzy2

2 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas :)

@samuraiboi2735

2 жыл бұрын

@@boom34z55 to me its like basically solving myths or mysteries from games that havent been solved.

@exynth1a215

2 жыл бұрын

happy holidays

You know Coca Cola is persistent when they still advertise tf out of their products during The Great Depression

@Osmium78

2 жыл бұрын

Yep

@ohyeahbonsai

2 жыл бұрын

Wow a just some guy without a mustache comment without 100 likes

@jasonstraight1320

2 жыл бұрын

You're more susceptible to manipulation by marketing, or anything for that matter, when you're poor.

@NoInternetDinosaur

2 жыл бұрын

@Betty 💞 hi Betty

@afkpotatoyt4346

2 жыл бұрын

XD

As a German, I have never, EVER, heared of anybody hiding a pickle in the christmas tree XD

@kellenwilson5493

2 жыл бұрын

Me neither, but my Irish-American family does it every year.

@plantyt3246

2 жыл бұрын

I have just because my grandma had heard of it (I believe while she was in Germany during my grandpa’s time serving in the US Army) and so she always did it as a fun thing for my siblings, cousins, and I whenever we came over on Christmas Eve. Then she found out that it wasn’t German but kept doing it cause it’s fun

@kevinedits8467

2 жыл бұрын

Same here lol

@That_dude91

2 жыл бұрын

Echt nicht? Machen wir jedes Jahr.

@littlemacisunderrated412

2 жыл бұрын

My family hid it in the tree

As a European, I can say that with us (Belgium and I believe the Netherlands too), Saint Nicholas is a holy man that, just as you said, visits december 6th to leave presents. The days leading up, children can put their shoe next to the fireplace with a present either for him, his assistant or his horse for a little gift of chocolate, spiced biscuits or tangerines. In Dutch, his name is 'Sinterklaas'.

@misterjj277

Жыл бұрын

Same over here in Germany

I feel like if mat started a History theory channel it would be pretty interesting making theories about unsolved mysteries or things that has happened in general, Its probably too different than the kind of theories we are used to but it could be cool

@Ducksity

2 жыл бұрын

I agree it would be cool.

@artist0154

2 жыл бұрын

I'm still waiting for a story I knew, about an European country that bought a whole region of Asia (I think an island) just for a spice, and bought it at a price of less than 100 dollars, I'm not sure, I saw it in a food documentary, but wow, it was amazing.

@mrjibrhanjamalkhan2144

2 жыл бұрын

P o

@coralreef2329

Жыл бұрын

The fourth section of the wheel!! :)

@melissaericks1233

Жыл бұрын

or theorys like flat earth

All of the detailed Santa lore is really neat, but I'm also blown away by the fact that Sprite is actually lemon Fanta.

@TheJasonmanguy

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s interesting Coke made Fanta because the German Coke Company couldn’t get syrup from America to make Coke, you know, because of the nazis. So they made Fanta instead and it caught on enough in Germany that after the war it was distributed internationally.

@blueflames4256

2 жыл бұрын

sprite is goooood

@toade1583

2 жыл бұрын

By lemon flavored, they just mean it's carbonated sugar water. There's absolutely no taste of lemon or lime. Not that Sprite doesn't taste really good, just that the lemon flavor that they advertise isn't there.

@FPVFM

2 жыл бұрын

@@toade1583 yes it very much is lol?

@MissCaraMint

Жыл бұрын

@@toade1583 It absolutely tastes lemon. As someone who personally enjoys something a bit more tart I still have to admit that fact.

Food Theory educating me on, not only the theories that I never knew existed, but also its answers. Thank you.

@mirjinou7999

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/qI12qKWwnZCuiKw.html

@terrortiset6669

2 жыл бұрын

Im rare

@elielniy

2 жыл бұрын

Same here

@osmosisjones4912

2 жыл бұрын

Cola Santa Claus is capitalism . . Tim Allen forced to work is Comunism

@siduxjxhdgzhdjxhxuuxxyhgg1079

2 жыл бұрын

Isnt a theory a answer based off guesses that try to be as accurate as possible tho??????

MatPat I actually had no idea that other people did the whole "hide a pickle ornament on a tree" because ever since I was little my mom always put a pickle on the tree and whoever found it, got to open gifts first.

Story time related to Santa : When i was in kindergarten on Christmas day, the teachers always invited Santa. They used the loudest sound effects that shows Santa's sleigh has landed in front of our school. Younger me only knew Santa, but they introduced zwater piets as well and i was confused. Turns out they're job was to stuffed bad children inside a giant bag that is similar to Santa's. Younger me was extremely terrified of Santa and zwater piets. I remember i actually saw one of the students held hostage and of course being stuffed into the bag in the process, idk what they did but that actually scared me.

@patitopatitorri983

2 ай бұрын

That’s messed up

It's unfortunate that you missed out the connection with "Father Christmas", a jolly character who represented the spirit of christmas, and eventually got merged with St Nicholas at some point a few hundred years ago. A lot of Santa's traits come from Father Christmas. Santa is still often called "Father Christmas" in the UK.

@user-ow2cs7fb5l

2 жыл бұрын

wait, it's all different?

@projekttaku1

2 жыл бұрын

yeah. Santa is neither nick nor father christmas. He's the fusion of both. Kinda like josuke from part 8.

@leeanderson8773

2 жыл бұрын

not to mention that father christmas might be based on the older pre-christian god of wodin who was depicted almost identically looking and celebrated at the same time

@alertsydcat6884

2 жыл бұрын

@@leeanderson8773 Santa is actually based off of yule, in yule he looks the same just with a blue suit

@leeanderson8773

2 жыл бұрын

@@alertsydcat6884 If I'm not mistaken is it not the same thing? Yule is just a common word from all the old germanic peoples who celebrated a christmas type thing some time around december? I know the old anglo-saxon god of wodin is basically the same as the nordic god odin who they all celebrated in december

Fun fact. Coca Cola's sales crash every year around christmas in Sweden. Since we have a local thing called "Must" that we just consume milions of liters of during christmas and easter. So coca cola just gave up and made their own brand of must for the Swedish market. The coke sales just go down by 50% for like 2-3 months a year.

4:06 liking kids isn't recognised as solely a nice thing matpat...

@PandaSlothProductions

6 ай бұрын

Guess we gotta leave him a cupcake this year instead of cookies

3:28 St Nicholas saved the pickle boys! 💃

Christmas in Russia is completely different from that in the United States and Europe. For New Years is the mega holiday in Russia. This time of year the trees are put up and decorated and presents are given under the tree by Ded Moroz or Father Winter. The Slavic equivalent of Santa Claus. He is the symbol of the Russian winter and he is often accompanied by a young woman which is his granddaughter named Snegurochka.

@lunabeekhuizen8858

2 жыл бұрын

Snegurochka, that name sounds familliar. I once heard a fairy tale about a couple who made a girl out of snow, and she came to life, and her name was Snegurochka. Is it the same character?

@iridiumscribe4915

2 жыл бұрын

@@lunabeekhuizen8858 Yes, you are correct. In the story of Snegurochka, she was made from snow and is forever young and beautiful. A old man and woman made her from the snow and added two blue beads for her eyes, made two dimples in her cheeks and used a piece of red ribbon for her mouth. But when she came to life she was amazing to look at.

@lunabeekhuizen8858

2 жыл бұрын

@@iridiumscribe4915 It's a beautiful tale, one of my favorites. Pretty cool that it's actually a part of Christmas there in Russia.

@varvaramir

2 жыл бұрын

@@iridiumscribe4915 And, according to some versions, she fell in love and melted.

@JusNoBS420

2 жыл бұрын

I love the line Mega Holiday lol So Euro/Russian MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄!!

Funny you should mention Haddon Sundblom, because he was the son of a Finnish immigrant and his image of Santa Claus would be shaped by the Nordic version of him and not the Southern European version of St. Nicholas. The Finnish version of Santa Claus is based on Joulupukki. The literal translation means "Yule goat", but is most often depicted as man in on a broad red coat that travels from farm to farm in a small sleigh pulled by a reindeer. He is believed to have a pagan origin and might predate St.Nicholas. Given that Sundblom grew up with this image of Santa Claus, it is more likely that he based his illustrations the redcoat man pulled by reindeer then a Turkish catholic saint. Edit: Thought reading about Joulupukki, he wasn't generally considered a nice guy. He usually entered a house asking "Is there any nice children here?" and if it wasn't...well, those kids were in mortal danger. He also demanded appeasements. Not milk and cookies, but more in line of real food and beer. So I guess He and St. Nicholas at some point did a Goku/Vegeta Fusion and became the Santa we know today.

@michaelkelleypoetry

2 жыл бұрын

The real St. Nicholas could hold his own. During the Council of Nicea, he punched the heretic Arius for claiming that Jesus wasn't God.

@ccouch713

2 жыл бұрын

As fas as I know the whole "he comes by and leaves gifts if you leave out food" has origins in norse mythology. Odin rode Sleipner around the world and to help Sleipner to recover children put out hay in a boot for Sleipner to eat. And as a thanks Odin would leave gifts for the children.

@henry_alphonse

2 жыл бұрын

It is common for Santa (or people dressed as him) to ask "Are there any nice children here?" when he enters a home here in Sweden, which borders Finland and has a long history with it, so I assume those traditions are related. We also have the yule goat but it's not as popular anymore. Very interesting!

@Watch-0w1

2 жыл бұрын

Sound like krampus

Hey MatPat! So I just wanted to thank you for making me smile, laugh, and unbored myself with your content. Ever since I showed my dad the "The dark secret of Oreos" video, he hasn't stopped watching this channel. As I'm writing this he's watching the Doritos video! And I've NEVER seen him this interested in something I watch. So I think for fathers day I'm going to get him merch because he also loves the merch. So I wish you a Happy New Years and Merry Late Christmas! Love and Health for this new year! From the Perez Family.

Perfect thing to watch on Christmas Eve... Thanks Matpat! My dream is out the window!

@commenterimjustacommenter

Жыл бұрын

It's only December 9th though.

@unobot1413

Жыл бұрын

isnt december christmas??

@schzophrnic

Жыл бұрын

@@lilaroblox7306 *22nd*

You should do a video to see if Santa can survive all the cookies he would consume.

@morrigankasa570

2 жыл бұрын

I think he did that last year?

@randomstuff-qu7sh

2 жыл бұрын

I believe the general explanation for how Santa can deliver presents around the world in such a short timeframe and eat all those snacks is: magic.

@ItsrealOJ

2 жыл бұрын

Yep

@VoidKing666

2 жыл бұрын

@@randomstuff-qu7sh honestly, I don’t think that would make a difference to MatPat

@ZomboidMania

2 жыл бұрын

He already answered that on Food Theory. Short answer: No

The "Saint nick left money in women's shoes" thing has kinda remained. In some european countries children leave out their shoes and get chocolate coins, presents and other treats in them.

@elizabethschets7140

2 жыл бұрын

im one of that kids

@billnye8760

2 жыл бұрын

And I mean, stockings are just big socks, and socks are pretty darn close too shoes

@LordDomielOfElysium

2 жыл бұрын

@@billnye8760 And normally you fill them with small things and mostly chocolate sooo-

@jaylanos9883

2 жыл бұрын

Sinterklaas guyz

@Burning_Dwarf

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, loved me some chocolate guilders as a little kid

The hidden gem in this video from Food Theory's animators: the rotating 2d image of sprite boy is actually also a sprite (an animation technique popular in early video games).

The fact Coca-Cola advertised during The Great Depression shows how determined they were

I’m so glad that someone else has the Christmas pickle tradition, I started it two years ago when I found a Christmas pickle in a dollar store with the story attached , now I just hide multiple ones through the house for fun

@violetmiller-wuest8905

2 жыл бұрын

My family also does it! It’s cool to see others who do it.

@angelamazakas2624

2 жыл бұрын

What happens if someone misses one? Do you find it 6 months later? 😄

@begreater226

2 жыл бұрын

How is it a tradition when you just picked it up😂?

@joshkw2328

2 жыл бұрын

@@begreater226 I guess it’ll become a tradition, I’m gonna do this for years

@james_the_great561

2 жыл бұрын

Mrs. Claus got WAPkzread.info/dash/bejne/Zn581NyPh8m0m84.html

5:41 Third pic along - That's not Santa, that's the Ghost of Christmas Present! You're cheating! :D

I have a pickle in my Christmas tree. You ain’t alone, MatPat

@tristramnelson2250

Жыл бұрын

me too

As a fan of Puppet History, I’m glad Matpat brought up the pickle bois

@communist_oranges

2 жыл бұрын

YESSSS. ALSO PROFESSOR MCNASTY'S FUNERAL EPISODE BROUGHT ME TO TEARS. RIP FOREVER AND EVER YOU FURRY BLUE ANGEL

@Ch1oe2472

2 жыл бұрын

Wait, when does he reference Puppet History? I was only listening so I didn't see.

@baconsarny-geddon8298

2 жыл бұрын

So, there's lots of games of "hide the pickle", among your family members, is there? When I was a kid, I had a freind who's uncle always wanted to play "hide the pickle" with the kiddies. But I'm pretty sure that uncle is in prison, now...

@GhettoSmoshFan420

2 жыл бұрын

@@baconsarny-geddon8298 Ayo 🤨

In the netherland we celebrate sinterklaas ( sint nicolaas ) and one of the traditions we have is putting our shoes near a chimney and wait overnight, the next morning there would be a small gift in the shoe, but i never knew it came from a old legend where nicolaas would put money in the shoes of lady's.

@edwardfrunt6825

2 жыл бұрын

I was just about to say that! Really expected it to be in the video. Also fellow Dutch guy over here🇳🇱

@guillaumechau6082

2 жыл бұрын

Its not just in the Netherlands either. Its in Belgium (where i live) and maybe other country's too, though im not actually sure if its celebrated anywhere else.

@toadstein

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it's just Netherlands and Belgium. The tradition is very old at this point so maybe Belgium just continued doing it after they became independent from the Kingdom of the Netherlands

@gerritaalberts1778

2 жыл бұрын

I as a Dutch guy was so confused that he didn’t mention Sinterklaas

4:26 because they were ho ho hungover

You know MatPat, you go on about being addicted to Diet Coke, but, since before my memories formed and I came into consciousness, I have *loved* Sprite. I’ve since moved to Sprite Zero, but it tastes the exact same to me. So to find out where the name comes from is truly a gift I needed.

Idk why, but Santa to me is a very jolly character, despite the whole "he stalks you" and "he breaks into your literal house". I guess its because my christmas tree was placed outside and not inside of my house and the whole "he delivers presents!" thing covered up like 90% of the stuff. Also my parents never told me that he lived in the north pole, his elves make toys for him without paying them and the infamous "Naughty List" (they did tell me that you have to be nice but never told me that there was a entire list dedicated to it :/).

@deviantartguy0

2 жыл бұрын

I don't imagine the elves have an economy anyways, if they can make all those toys themselves. They probably just get room and board and spend their days working on crafts for fun.

@LTCloud9

2 жыл бұрын

Most people see Santa as a jolly, likeable character. Why else would coca cola use his image to advertise?

@boganborn

2 жыл бұрын

Average zoomer

@LadyOnikara

2 жыл бұрын

I very faintly remember my brother and I watching TV with our parents and Santa walking through the front door wearing our stockings on his feet. That was awesome.

@psycless

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine being sheltered from Santa Claus

5:50 actually, "Russian Santa" is a completely different folklore character, with no connection to St. Nicholas. His name is "Ded Moroz" (translates Grandpa Freezing) and he just represents winter or cold. No saints here)

10:47 ofcourse matpat is from ohio...

@jonjon-wv2iv

Жыл бұрын

OH MY GOD WHAT DA HEEL 😳😳💀

@yarensenalp5341

Жыл бұрын

@@jonjon-wv2iv precisely 💀💀

Back when I was little and believed in Santa, other children often told me Coca Cola invented Santa Claus. And even when I did not believe in him anymore, I heard that many many times throughout my life. But since being little I knew it wasn't true. I knew that St. Nicolaus was a very old myth and I thought people knew Santa even before Coca Cola made him a mascot. And now I know there were Santa ads way before Coca Cola did it. Thanks for proving me right, Mat. But I could never thought what you show the origin was. xD

Me: **reads the title that Santa made sprite** Oh, okay, this seems interesting The video: **starts talking about coke** Me: wait what

@SamGarcia

2 жыл бұрын

cause Coca Cola makes Sprite, so needs that background info

@ethanselph3665

2 жыл бұрын

And Santa Sherlock, lmao

@ultra64dx77

2 жыл бұрын

This title is misleading Why Must Matpat clickbait me He didn’t bring up sprite until the last 2 minutes of the video

@dieptrieu6564

2 жыл бұрын

@@ultra64dx77 He still talk about it so it's not clickbait. Plus coca cola make sprite so you need background information for why all this happened

@ultra64dx77

2 жыл бұрын

@@dieptrieu6564 I made the comment before watching the whole video I might need to edit it

I love how there might be kids who still believe in santa and MatPat just says: - "SANTA HAS BEEN DEAD FOR 1800 YEARS AND HE WAS INVENTED BY SOME GUY WHO CRITICISED THE GOVERNMENT" Pardon my bad orthography

@starsiadraws

2 жыл бұрын

Actually he criticized the government, not the military

@stevenbobbybills

2 жыл бұрын

Low military spending, rather. Practically the opposite.

@bigd1348

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I tell every child I know Santa used to be real but he's not what you thought

@KittyKatty999

2 жыл бұрын

Most of his fanbase is kids.

@MG-Raiden

2 жыл бұрын

@@KittyKatty999 not kids that still believe in Santa.

we always celebrated saint nick, always got a fruit in our stockings + we did the pickle ornament in the tree but whoever found it got to open their present first

In the netherlands we have a nather holiday selebrating saint nick (sinterklaas) where he leaves pressents in the shoes of children so i guess holyday came from 2:47

Hey MatPat! I was watching the old Kindergarten 2 live streams and y'all about the food fight that happens in the game and the aerodynamics of different common lunch foods. I'd love to see a theory about: 1) what's the best food to grab in a food fight, and 2) how hard would you have to throw the item for it to be deadly?

@Asriel_Dremr

2 жыл бұрын

I feel as though you are attempting to enact a food based assassination, also my guess as for most aerodynamic, something semisolid like mashed potatoes or jello, solid enough to grab and throw but liquid enough to change shape to improve aerodynamics. Or possibly grapes or other sphere shaped fruits.

As a german I can say for sure: The christmas pickle is absolutely unknown in germany :)

@PhlegmaticAbsentee

2 жыл бұрын

Fellow German here, i support this comment. It's only a thing in the US.

@SilverVolo

2 жыл бұрын

@@PhlegmaticAbsentee that's weird

@mrcookie5233

2 жыл бұрын

Also German and I agree never, ever, heared of that one. Maybe something out of the east with Spreewälder Gurken? But still, no idea how that could be something German ...

@Schneewittchen1310

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Never heard of that.

@dansattah

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrcookie5233 German with East Germans on the mother's side. No Christmas pickles here either.

In Belgium and the Netherlands we have Sinterklaas, who's also based on Sint Nicolas. He is so called from Spain, has helpers, and gives presents, chocolate and mandarins. You can say he's the Dutch version of Santa.

@capy9846

Жыл бұрын

Well he’s not really the dutch version of Santa because we already have Santa

When I was a kid my grandparents would hide a pickle ornament in their tree and anytime me and the rest of the kids were over whenever we found it, we got a gift. I loved that so much

I love how matpat gets to the topic from title at 10:37

Food theory suggestion: What are the most optimized toppings and flavors for froyo. Froyo is priced by weight so you could figure out what toppings and flavors can get to 500 calories with the least weight

@nathanielburbery4890

2 жыл бұрын

Easy. Nuts. Highest energy density food. The froyo flavour doesn't really matter

@karanscuisine3125

2 жыл бұрын

@@nathanielburbery4890 I never knew that nuts were so energy dense, thats pretty cool, well i think flavors might matter because i think different flavors have different calories.

the premise of this theory is giving "deadpool is Ernest Hemingway" vibes and I. Am. HERE FOR IT!

We do the pickle thing to. I was always told it xame from the German side of the family. We also celebrate St. Nicholas Day on December 6, leaving out shoes outside our bedroom door for small gifts, chocolate and oranges. I knew that the dowry thing was the reason for the shoes; I like your explanation of the pickles

Another St. Nick legend (my personal favorite) goes that at the Council of Nicaea (a big church event that discussed the teachings of the church), St. Nick got so upset at the false teachings of a teacher named Arius (who was teaching that Jesus was a creation of God, rather than God Himself as the church taught at the time) that he got up, walked over to Arius and straight up punched the dude. Gives a brand new meaning to "deck the halls." 🤣

@matthewbless3335

Жыл бұрын

@Darkquill Maroon allegedly yes!

@spaceoil4259

Жыл бұрын

Giving ‘em the best gift of all, a good holiday BASH

@vasilias2230

Жыл бұрын

Aye, St. Nicholas Is truly an amazing man

@speedwagon1824

8 ай бұрын

"The Church" didn't teach that, because there was no one church. But most churches did believe in that idea. Some didn't, like that of Arius.

@matthewbless3335

8 ай бұрын

@@speedwagon1824 "The church" here just colloquially means orthodox teaching at that time.

My family always hides a pickle in our tree. I love that tradition!

@Osmium78

2 жыл бұрын

I hate bots

@jacobaltredes7384

2 жыл бұрын

I hear it's common for German families

@PokeGreninja39

2 жыл бұрын

STONE my family has that tradition too also what is with these people with the links?

@jameswebb7700

2 жыл бұрын

@@PokeGreninja39 the people with links are bots

@SilverVolo

2 жыл бұрын

What country are you from?

As someone whom I've called myself 'Santa' in media and games, who enjoys Christmas, born in December, and most importantly really love Coca Cola. So after watching this video and just realizing why coke is so inline with Christmas every year, this is really surprising to me.

3:48 Santa is looking bright today

@E.S.A.M

Жыл бұрын

Ya he started hitting these days lotions .

I would love to see a video calculating the caloric content of Lembas bread (from Lord of the Rings) and comparing it to real food options

@blokvader8283

Жыл бұрын

I know nothing about LOTR, but that's the one that can fill up an entire hobbit with one bite, right?

@lordsergal8783

Жыл бұрын

@@blokvader8283 No, it can fill up a non-hobbit with one bite. A hobbit can eat 3 in a sitting and still be up for elevensies

@zqri

Жыл бұрын

@@lordsergal8783 xD gottem

1:30 Oh, Mat you got it all wrong. Krampus isn't an evil elf at all. ... he's a literal demon.

@AnimeWolf5193

2 жыл бұрын

@ME Dude, I believe in God. I'm simply pointing out that Krampus, in the stories, is canonically a demon that is kept in chains by Saint Nicholas and used to punish wicked children. Feel free to look it up if you don't believe me.

Mattpad always tell the best thoeries, it always makes my day when there's a new theory with ANY theorists explaining.

To be honest hiding murder victims in a vat of pickles is one of the worst places to put them, because the pickles will actually sort of semi embalm them

3:18 Hey im from germany and i cant remember anyone having this Tradition

I have never in my life heard of the "hide a pickle in a tree" tradition but it actually sounds hilarious

Food theory idea: How many cups of koolaid can you drink without something bad happening? I mean: Getting sick, throwing up, ect ect.

Mark had this whole conversation about the pickle in the tree thing and I really like what he said which is the fact that no one really puts a pickle on a tree it's more of like a joke tradition that the Germans said to the Americans when they met. (This has no source and it's completely straight out of markiplier's mouth) like he talked about the fact that Americans tend to think that everyone else has really weird traditions so he made up a hypothical scenario where an American was poking at a German asking him what their weird Christmas tradition was, the Germans answered and a joking way and said we hide a pickle in the tree.

"What is the relationship between Santa and coke?" How else did you think he could stay up long enough to deliver all those presents? And don't get me started on how much the elves go through in a year.

@godnoobbrawlstars6409

2 жыл бұрын

coke does contain caffeine

@thisaccountissomethingelse6960

2 жыл бұрын

Also explains his obsession with cookies

@damyenhockman5440

2 жыл бұрын

@@godnoobbrawlstars6409 wrong coke

Wow, wish I had seen this video when I was doing a speech on Coca-Cola advertising and marketing. I knew some of the details already, but I never new Santa’s design was from a political drawing. The amount of research you put towards this video is admirable. Thanks for another great video.

@jimlord

2 жыл бұрын

but it isn't, a lot of his facts are completely wrong like the fact the saint Nick was turkish,Infact that area was occupied by the romans,greeks and armenians at the time,turkey wouldn't occupy those lands for atleast another 500 years. This was clearly a rushed mess of a video with minimal research or just a way to push misinformation on the origins of santa which is very unlikely.

@phoenixcrown9966

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimlord Yep. In that area would be what Is now known as The Byzantine empire or as they called it back then, east Rome.

@slytherinswimmer5656

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimlord Ok, I was more talking about the marketing and advertising part of the video. Coca-Cola is famous because of how they marketed it. I could talk for hours about it but I won’t. Honestly it’s an easy mistake to make considering it’s already a pretty highly known idea about Saint Nicholas. Plus, let’s be honest he’s running how many channels. 4 I think? Give the guy a break. He’s doing great, I’d like you to make a better video with the time and schedule he has.

About the pickle - my grandparents emigrated from Germany to the US and we always did the pickle thing growing up. I thought it was their tradition from Germany that we continued. I do it for my kids every year.

I love how it wasn't just a myth but it was actually dark in reality

Honestly I was expecting the Food theory episode on Santa to be on whether Santa could survive on eating all those milk and cookies. If you see this MatPat then do a video on this please!

@arrogantprince

2 жыл бұрын

He’s not only having milk, he’s got other drinks people put out

@alitheeternity4230

2 жыл бұрын

That would be fun to watch

@SkyKin

2 жыл бұрын

Folks should be leaving him some cash to cover his medical expenses from all the goodies/treats left for him. (Chortle) Also Gute Idea for a future theory 🥛🍪

@Osmium78

2 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome

@Nicole-mn9oy

2 жыл бұрын

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I thought my grandma made up that pickle in the tree thing. I approve of this, and the theory.

Im flemish and we celebrate sint nicholas day on december 6th kids put out their shoes with a carrot (for his horse) a beer (for his helpers de pieten) and a glass of water milk or wine for sint nicholas himself often the kds place their shoes in front of a chimney because sint nicholas jumps trough the chimney to get you your gifts , the next morning the kids wake up to find the carrot eaten the beer and other beverage finished and their gifts . Sint nicholas is also known for leaving a bunch of chocolate cookies and mandarins along with the gifts :)

Every body always ask: Did Santa made Sprite? But nobody ask: How did Santa made Sprite.

Saint Nicholas was a Greek living in Anatolia in his time still part of the roman empire his parents were Greek and in the western parts of Anatolia lived primarily Greeks in those times so I would guess his skin tone would be Mediterranean perplection just like current day greeks and he didn’t save the girls from slavery but from prostitution although you could say it somewhat resembles it

@habsburgsenederlanden6278

2 жыл бұрын

@@jedanMALIkinez and in the catholic church too we celebrate it on 6 December

@levlev4048

2 жыл бұрын

@@jedanMALIkinez your right he is greek and Orthodox.

@imperialdragoon9715

2 жыл бұрын

in 300 ad the area was still under the roman empire

@habsburgsenederlanden6278

2 жыл бұрын

@@imperialdragoon9715 you are right I wil fix it now

@levlev4048

2 жыл бұрын

@@imperialdragoon9715 still greek

3:00 Awww Saint Nicholas found the pickle boys

@greythomas6199

2 жыл бұрын

Saint Nicholas saved the pickel boys -Puppet History 2020

Could you please PLEASE bake a salt cake? In master chef season 5 ep 18, Leslie supposedly baked a salt cake that cost him the round and his chance to win. How ever it is a hotly debated decision bc not only did the show not show such incident (like they would normally do) , but the judges didn’t spit it out or anything. The behavior of everyone was off . Even Leslie, when he had to admit it. So maybe it was a hoax created by the show. So my challenge to you is to bake a salt cake and test the viewers’ theory . As explained in the links below, can a salt cake even look soft and fluffy. Would it be edible at all? Would the chemistry is a salt cake be different from its sugar counter part? So you have the visual test, the stability test (can it hold, what about crumbs, etc) , and you have the the actual cooking/ baking. As in could you actually accidentally do that. Would a season chef/ baker like Leslie make that mistake or would he know something was off from the beginning (like in knives out , when the nurse knew she picked up the right vial bc of the weight ). Chemistry vs television. Is it possible ? Who is right? I think it would make a great ep and I would love to know the answer ! Below in the link , it’s suggested that even using salted vs unsalted butter or an extra 1/4 tsp of salt would have made a notable difference in baking. Something so small. Is that true, if so how could a whole cup and a half go unnoticed. Questions questions qu3tions and you might give us all an answer. 😁 interested…? www.reddit.com/r/Masterchef/comments/rn4ibl/leslie_from_masterchef_reveals_the_truth_about/ www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/rn0qgj/leslie_from_masterchef_reveals_the_truth_about/

Happy New Year theorist :D

You hide pickles too?! I thought that was just my family, that’s awesome!

@qdllc

2 жыл бұрын

We just hide the salami.

In Russia hes Blue because hes "Father Frost" and comes from Slavic Mythology. Later ofc he was kinda mixed with Santa i believe.

We do the pickle in my family too. The gift is usually a joke.

My family used to hide a pickle in the tree. I thought we were the only ones who did it though.

Not even 10 seconds in I'm convinced that it's just Mat just wanting another reason to drink more pop.

4:50 he looks more like the janitor from kindergarten also am i the only one that's never heard of coke in relation to christmas

A small thing that I believe is that Santa Claus was plagiarized from the Dutch "Sinterklaas" I mean the names look and sound the same. Plus the original story of Santa came from New York which was founded by Dutch people (hence why it was at first called New Amsterdam). So kids have been celebrating character that was stolen from the Dutch. Also Sinterklaas translates to St. Nicolas so yeah. Plus Sinterklaas came before the story of Santa Claus.

I love how when he was pouring coke the bottle wasn’t filled all the way up but coke was still coming out

As a Sprite fan, this brings a smile to my face.

@thatonerosebud2530

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, I see. So you're A man of culture as well.

@Kingtrout

Жыл бұрын

@@thatonerosebud2530 7-up Fight me then

I used to do the pickle thing at school, the librarian would hide it incredible well. We also celebrate St. Nicolas day on December 6. We get chocolate, a Christmas tree ornament, sometimes some assorted nuts, and a random other thing.

so, bit of a weird thing as a norwegian, I have never thought of cola as a christmas thing, nor any soda at all to be honest here you eat either fish, porridge, lamb, or pizza and you drink whatever

Love Christmas! Always have, never heard about hiding the pickle in the tree!!! New tradition

I’m surprise you didn’t talk about Saint Nicholas punching a heretic in the face. It’s my favorite Christmas story.

"more of a skin tone to Osama Bin Laden than Coca Cola's Santa Claus" Well that's a sentence I wasn't expecting to hear this Christmas! FA LA LA LA LA! LA LA LA LA!

@SamGarcia

2 жыл бұрын

fa la la la ack bar

In Greece we also receive present on New Year's but that is because our Santa is not Saint Nicholas, it's actually Saint Basil. We even sing about him in our carols.

Happy new year!!!

Sprite not mentioned until 10:32

I want on April Fools day for Mat to say "Bone Apple Tea" and see if anyone realizes it

@chewtag

Жыл бұрын

that is the most soylent thing ive ever heard

Matt, you do great videos. One slight nit pick. Iced/cold drinks did not become a thing until refrigeration became widespread around WWII. So soft drinks were generally served room temperature.

As I understand it there was also some inspiration drawn from the nordic house gnome and Santa slowly evolved from a tiny grey man into what we see today. There was a Swedish illustrator named Jenny Nyström that at least formed the Swedish image of Santa and she had a similar transition in her art.

I have never once in my entire life until this video heard of hiding a pickle in an Xmas tree.

“What’s the relationship between Santa and coke?” You’ll learn when you’re older Matt.

@TheBlueScreenYT

2 жыл бұрын

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@Qyarie

2 жыл бұрын

@Elise Luis💫 bot

0:37 nice Sea Of Thieves hoodie! Oh, here’s a quick reminder: there’s a grade 5 Community Emmisary flag being raised right now on community day, meaning that you’re more likely to get ancient skeletons (who give Ancient coins when killed) and get like, double the loot value

Food theory idea: If every grocery stores close down for a month, what would you do to survive?

3:12 You are not the only one who did the hide the pickle game, my family did it every year. and I always would find it first every year. =]

4:43 more like he sees you and he's creepin ;D

Thanks Matpat for showing me new santa lore, btw did you know that chrismas is just a week away?!! . Sun 3:31pm 12/18/2022

Theory idea: What is so easy about pie?

MatPat, the Turks didn’t enter that part of the world until the 11th century. The Eastern Roman Empire ruled over modern day Turkey. Nicholas could be a mix of Greek, Syrian, Armenian, or something else. But not Turkish.

@jimlord

2 жыл бұрын

exactly this! it is surprising how someone that has suposidly done so much research can make such an easily avoidable mistake.It's almost like he has an agenda...

I'm from Turkey and I actually gotta correct you on this We were back in Central Asia when Jesus or St. Nicholas visited modern day Turkey. So, in retrospect to our history, we weren't thisich diverse and we were Asians back then. We conquered to Anatolia in 1071 making St. Nicholas older than the Turkish annexion of Anatolia... Also a side note, most of us have blonde hair and blue/green eyes. At least my whole extended family do.

@dorav.l.3739

2 жыл бұрын

Wait what? I'm for Greece and I know that some pale skin, blond hair, blue eye Turkish exist, like you and your family. But I think in the last 3 times that I visited (mostly Istanbul) the majority of the population have not had pale skin, they have dark brown hair and brown eyes. You know similar to Greece, Bulgaria and other near buy countries. Sory if I'm wrong. I'm not trying to be rude or disrespectful.

@alihaydarcolak8534

2 жыл бұрын

@@dorav.l.3739 Oh hey neighbour! Yeah they are Kurdish people mostly. Kurdish and Turkish people belong to two different ethnical families but we all live together harmony most of the time. Also modern day Turkish people are most likely already infused and assimilated by the other nations on Anatolia, including Byzantine people

I also used to find the pickle in the Christmas tree. I didn't get an extra present though, it was just a fun thing to do every day. I think my parents also said it was from Germany.

3:09 my family used to do it when I was younger, but it sort of faded out of tradition as my siblings and I got older.