Kroger worked with Grammy-award-winning singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat to record a special rendition of "Iris," originally written by the Goo Goo Dolls in 1998.

Sprite is ringing in the holiday season with a new holiday commercial celebrating Black families – both kith and kin. Directed by comedian Eric André, the 'Sprite Holiday Special' is a modern take on the old school holiday special with skits starring Black actors and improv artists.

The songs now known specifically as carols were originally communal songs sung during celebrations like harvest tide as well as Christmas. It was only later that carols began to be sung in church, and to be specifically associated with Christmas.

Coca-Cola's two festive campaigns take first and second place as this year's best performing ads. The instantly recognisable Holidays are Coming 'Trucks' ad takes top spot as the most powerful, most enjoyable, generating the most love, and with the strongest branding.

off to the Pause that Refreshes 'My Hat's off to the Pause that Refreshes' The brand decided to tie Santa Claus and Christmas to the drink because people often thought Coca-Cola was a drink for the hot summer months. They were designed to remind people that Coca-Cola was ideal for every month of the year.

Reportedly, one of the first known Christmas hymns is "Jesus Refulsit Omnium" ("Jesus, Light of All the Nations"), written by St. Hilary of Poitier in the fourth century.

White Christmas According to the Guinness Book of World Records, "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby is not only the best-selling Christmas/holiday single in the United States, but also the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide.

Although each advert is very different from the next, the overarching theme of Coca-Cola's advertising strategy is happiness. Since the 19th Century, Coca-Cola has been selling its drinks by selling happiness in a bottle, and this doesn't look set to change anytime soon.

Creating awareness of the company and its products. Informing and educating consumers and buyers. Encouraging a liking for the company's products over those of the competitors'.

The Coca‑Cola Company began its Christmas advertising in the 1920s with shopping-related ads in magazines like The Saturday Evening Post. The first Santa ads used a strict-looking Claus, in the vein of Thomas Nast. In 1930, artist Fred Mizen painted a department-store Santa in a crowd drinking a bottle of Coke.

It was written by Thornton, Mitchell Lennox, Julien Nairolf, Ben Naftali, Terry Coffey, Jon Nettlesbey, Rich Airis, and Scott Temper and produced by Lennox and Nairolf. The song was also featured in a Coca-Cola Christmas promotional campaign, which makes use of altered lyrics.

The strongest contender is “The Friendly Beast,” a song created back more than 900 years ago. Written by an unknown author in France in the 12th century and set to the melody of the Latin song “Orientis Partibus,” it's about animals surrounding Jesus at the nativity scene.