The real reason blue Santa suits exist

And now, back to the sports fans. Every year in the city of Liverpool, there’s an event called the Santa Dash, which has been running for 17 years already. The Santa Dash, virtual this year for obvious reasons, reports BTRLiverpool, is a 5K run for charity with participants wearing Santa suits. Because there are two big football teams in Liverpool, some people wanted the option of wearing their team colors. Fans of the team Liverpool have it easy; their team already wears red and white. Everton supporters, on the other hand, absolutely refused to wear anything remotely related to Liverpool.

To get more runners, the organizers of the Santa Dash decided to offer a blue Santa suit for any Everton fans who want to participate. Runners can collect their costumes, either in red or blue, from the organizers before the start of the race. It’s an interesting picture: Hordes of Santas in blue and red running down a busy English street. They even give out blue medals. Talk about fan commitment.

Stores in the area saw a big opportunity, too. The Liverpool Echo reported that the supermarket Asda created a Santa suit split in half — half red, and half blue, the suit was supposed to appeal to people’s better angels and stop football rivalries. Asda said it commissioned a survey and found that 29 percent of British people would never wear their rival team’s colors, and 17 percent would not do so on match day.