 Welcome back to the video game story time advent calendar, where instead of getting a tiny piece of chocolate every day before Christmas, you get a random piece of gaming trivia. Ever wondered why Sonic wears red and white shoes? The answer is appropriately festive. According to Sonic co-creator Naoto Oshima, the colours of Sonic's shoes were chosen to contrast his blue body, said Oshima. Well, he's blue because that's Sega's more or less official company colour. His shoes were inspired by the cover to Michael Jackson's Bad, which contrasted heavily between white and red, that Santa Claus type colour. I also thought that red went really well for a character who can run really fast when his legs are spinning. We did a whole video on Sonic's origin years and years ago, if you'd like to know more. But otherwise, we'll see you tomorrow for the next tiny bite size video.