Santa Claus has starred in many ad campaigns — and some of them would move him onto the naughty list.
While St. Nick is most famous for Coca-Cola commercials, advertisers have also put his face in ads with guns, booze, cigarettes, and girls.
Here are Santa's most surprising ad campaigns.
The Scottsdale Gun Club in Arizona raised some eyebrows when its website began telling families to "Get Your Holiday Picture With Santa And His Machine Guns!"
But Santa has been a gun spokesperson since 1966. This ad in Boy's Life asks kids to leave the photo of the gun they want "On Dad's desk. On Mom's vanity table ... P.S. Remington ammunition makes a dandy Christmas present too."
Santa was seen with firearms even when he wasn't in a gun ad. While there isn't anything scandalous about Santa shilling button-down shirts, it is shocking to see St. Nick threatening suicide if he doesn't get said shirts.
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