Do you call him Santa, Santa Claus, or Santee? and what does it say about you?!

JupiterKid · 06-12-2011 2:44pm

Always Santa in our house.

Like Chuck stone, I was crushed when I found out that Mr Claus was actually not real. I was 28 at the time and I felt that I wasn't ready for the truth just yet.

wonderfulname · 06-12-2011 2:55pm

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Santy. It's what all kids who weren't posh or Southsiders in Dublin called him.

Where I grew up posh mollycoddled kids called him Santy, normal ones - Santa.

There is a whole world outside of Dublin...

foxyboxer · 06-12-2011 3:05pm

St. Nick

Alternatively, Richard Attenborough.

LordSutch · 06-12-2011 3:12pm

wonderfulname wrote: »

Where I grew up posh mollycoddled kids called him Santy, normal ones - Santa.

I always thought it was the posh/normal kids who called him Santa, and the not so poss kids who called him Santy-Santee!

Ma, dat bleedin Santy is really rapid . . . .

wonderfulname · 06-12-2011 3:18pm

LordSutch wrote: »

I always thought it was the posh/normal kids who called him Santa, and the not so poss kids who called him Santy-Santee!

Ma, dat bleedin Santy is really rapid . . . .

I always associate "Santy" primarily with that affected accent people in the Midlands put on once they've decided they're too good for most other people.

Mummy, Mummy, I want a pony, tell santy to bring me a pony!

St.Spodo · 06-12-2011 3:23pm

Always called him Santy as a child before my mam and dad told me he died of AIDS when I was 8. Fun while it lasted.

LordSutch · 06-12-2011 3:25pm

wonderfulname wrote: »

I always associate "Santy" primarily with that affected accent people in the Midlands put on once they've decided they're too good for most other people.

Mummy, Mummy, I want a pony, tell santy to bring me a pony!

No no no, you've got it all wrong :rolleyes:

Mummy mummy please, I want a pony, tell Santa to fetch me one for Christmas!

Ma, ma, ma, I want a bleedin pony now, tell dat auld bollix santy to bring me a pony or I'll burst ya

wonderfulname · 06-12-2011 3:32pm

LordSutch wrote: »

No no no, you've got it all wrong :rolleyes:

Mummy mummy please, I want a pony, tell Santa to fetch me one for Christmas!

Ma, ma, ma, I want a bleedin pony now, tell dat auld bollix santy to bring me a pony or I'll burst ya

But only Dubs speak like that! Dubs aren't everyone!

LordSutch · 06-12-2011 3:34pm

Have we discovered where the word Santee/Santy came from yet?

wonderfulname · 06-12-2011 3:39pm

Santy comes from Santa comes from Santa Claus comes from Sinterklaas comes from Saint Nikolaos?

06-12-2011 3:40pm

LordSutch wrote: »

Have we discovered where the word Santee/Santy came from yet?

We did. Did you read the thread?!

LordSutch · 06-12-2011 3:43pm

Hmm, so it was the Marks Brothers then :cool:

Grimebox · 06-12-2011 4:13pm

Deleted User wrote: »

We did. Did you read the thread?!

Did we? I just had a quick glance through this thread and can't find it

r3nu4l · 06-12-2011 4:17pm

As a kid I always called him Santy, as an adult I tell my 19 month old daughter about Santa Claus and she tells me about 'Awny Cause'.

It's difficult in some ways because I live in Engerland and my next door neighbours kids and most kids around refer to him as 'Father Christmas' which to my mind is just wrong! I much prefer the Irish 'Americanized' version

mark17j · 06-12-2011 4:19pm

Always Santy in my house, and i'm from a middle class family,
anybody that bothers to correct people with ''Santa'', even though it's the correct term, are really just up their own arse and a complete ponce.

MisterEpicurus · 06-12-2011 4:25pm

For seemingly without reason, he was referred to as 'Gary Glitter' during my childhood.

Conall Cernach · 06-12-2011 4:30pm

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Santy. It's what all kids who weren't posh or Southsiders in Dublin called him.

Also in Monaghan for some reason. My nice from Dundalk was over when he arrived in Monaghan and was disgusted when the host was introducing "Santy". "It's Santa not Santy" she said with a big puss on her.

I Heart Internet · 06-12-2011 4:30pm

Santee

And he's from the NORTH POLE not from Lapland. Anyone who tells you different is a revisionist, lying sack of sh*t

ICANN · 06-12-2011 4:35pm

I always said Santy, and that was in Cork. He lived near me too.

Scarlet42 · 06-12-2011 4:37pm

In Belfast .. we had "Daddy Christmas" .. Hands up for Daddy Christmas!! .. then you got a tickle .. not a gun in your face (fingers crossed!)

LordSutch · 06-12-2011 4:39pm

I always wince when I hear Santee, it just sounds so wrong for some reason!

Each to their own I suppose.

TheMilkyPirate · 06-12-2011 4:40pm

hondasam wrote: »

I never believed in santa, it's a stupid thing to believe in.

I can't imagine how sh!t that would have been growing up. Christmas and santa claus was the best thing about being a kid

Caraville · 06-12-2011 4:54pm

Always Santy.

Don't really ever recall hearing anyone in real life saying Santa, just on telly and in films.

I know technically it's correct to say Santa and not Santy, but it's a very Irish thing I would've thought.

Iwasfrozen · 06-12-2011 4:57pm

Conall Cernach wrote: »

Also in Monaghan for some reason. My nice from Dundalk was over when he arrived in Monaghan and was disgusted when the host was introducing "Santy". "It's Santa not Santy" she said with a big puss on her.

Damm right! It's always been Santy here.

06-12-2011 5:05pm

Grimebox wrote: »

Did we? I just had a quick glance through this thread and can't find it

As Gaeilge!
I was only slagging cos he was actually the OP

Grimebox · 06-12-2011 6:16pm

Deleted User wrote: »

As Gaeilge!
I was only slagging cos he was actually the OP

I always thought it was Daidí na Nollaig

carfiosaoorl · 06-12-2011 6:30pm

The Christmas my eldest daughter was 2 she started saying what sounded like ho ho ho. I was saying aww look thats so sweet shes talking about Santa. My OH reckoned she was trying to say Liverpool but everytime anything christmas came on tv I said look S ho ho ho and she would repeat it.
A few days later she changed it to ho ho hool and by Christmas she was saying Liverpool clearly but thought it meant Santa.

Confused the crap out of her there didnt I

chucken1 · 06-12-2011 7:25pm

carfiosaoorl wrote: »

The Christmas my eldest daughter was 2 she started saying what sounded like ho ho ho. I was saying aww look thats so sweet shes talking about Santa. My OH reckoned she was trying to say Liverpool but everytime anything christmas came on tv I said look S ho ho ho and she would repeat it.
A few days later she changed it to ho ho hool and by Christmas she was saying Liverpool clearly but thought it meant Santa. Confused the crap out of her there didnt I

Yep

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 06-12-2011 7:32pm

Poppy Purring Birdhouse wrote: »

Daidi na Nollaig.

feckin southsiders.

livinsane wrote: »

I spell it Santy, not Santee. In my letters like...

feckin northsiders.

Rahc · 06-12-2011 8:35pm

It's Santa or Santa Clause.
I've always hated when people say Santy.. I thought it was a sign of disrespect! And when my English cousins called him Father Christmas....>:( Let's just say, it still drives the 7year old in me mad

06-12-2011 8:36pm

Grimebox wrote: »

Deleted User wrote: »

As Gaeilge!
I was only slagging cos he was actually the OP

I always thought it was Daidí na Nollaig

Could be, I dunno, I usually just believe everything I read on here

IcedOut · 06-12-2011 8:38pm

I call him daddy

The Snipe · 06-12-2011 11:16pm

Pedo

languagenerd · 07-12-2011 12:39am

Sardonicat wrote: »

See, I never understood all this knowing what you were getting malarky. As far as my lot were concerned, you waited til the big day to find out if you had been good enough to get anything never mind what we were going to get!

Same. My mum HATED the way kids went around saying "I'm getting X for Christmas, what are you getting?" so we were taught to answer with "I've asked for X" or "I hope I get X". We often asked for something but it was always a case of "This is what I'd like to get, but that doesn't mean I'll actually get it". We nearly always did get it though :P

We were also told if we weren't good enough all year, we'd get a bag of coal/bag of soot for Christmas instead of presents. My gran actually sent me a piece of coal one year (with another present, on the condition they made me open the coal first!) :pac:

Tayla · 07-12-2011 12:49am

Rahc wrote: »

It's Santa or Santa Clause.
I've always hated when people say Santy.. I thought it was a sign of disrespect! And when my English cousins called him Father Christmas....>:( Let's just say, it still drives the 7year old in me mad

Nope it's definitely Santy

Why did you think it was a sign of disrespect?

Yeah Buddy · 07-12-2011 12:55am

Santee!

LordSutch · 09-12-2011 5:27pm

Just imagine if 'Dublinese' ruled?

I saw mammy kissing santee claus. Santee claus is coming to town +many more Santee titles

electrictrad · 09-12-2011 5:53pm

Black Cow wrote: »

I always assumed the lower class called him "Santy". At least that's my experience of it. It's usually accompanied by a strong Dublin accent.

The lower class, eh? Glad to see you don't have "notions of upperosity". . .

I don't think it's a class/place/money/posh/poor thing, me dad calls him Santy, me mom calls him Santa, neither are Dubliners, both are from Munster farming backgrounds. . . its just a matter of what you grew up hearing from your parents or friends. . .

doolox · 09-12-2011 6:11pm

...as in that quaint Galwegianism " are you gettin' ties from Santy?"

I remember when I made the Great Discovery. My dad had the Christmas Shopping in the boot of the car. One of the boxes rattled suspiciously like a box of Lego, my favourite "ask" off Santy for many years. Shortly afterwards I realised who the REAL Santy was........and he didn't fly around in aerodynamically unfeasible animal powered aircraft or come from the North Pole etc...

dm09 · 09-12-2011 6:55pm

Always been Santy around our way! Santee is a suburb of San Diego!

Tordelback · 09-12-2011 7:05pm

Sheesh, some people! I'm a cynical atheist with no time for the supernatural whatsoever, but I believe in Santa. Why? Evidence. Unlike Jeebus, Hubbard and Thor, Santa actually delivers - kids get toys. I got toys. My kids get toys. If not for Santa, would we have got those toys? No. I rest my case.

John Doe1 · 09-12-2011 7:17pm

"That oul fat present giving fcucker" It says im a gentleman of the highest calibre

Imaginary Boy · 09-12-2011 7:36pm

I used to always call him Santa anyway...

Omackeral · 09-12-2011 11:21pm

We were raised as Jehovah's Witnesses so it didnt matter what we called him...... he never came to our house:(

senorwipesalot · 09-12-2011 11:38pm

Omackeral wrote: »

We were raised as Jehovah's Witnesses so it didnt matter what we called him...... he never came to our house:(

Jehovah,Jehovah,Jehovah.http://youtu.be/ZNeq2Utm0nU

15-12-2011 10:57am

Omackeral wrote: »

We were raised as Jehovah's Witnesses so it didnt matter what we called him...... he never came to our house:(

I went to school with a guy who was a Jehova's witness and he wasn't allowed to celebrate his birthday

Karona · 15-12-2011 5:18pm

Sandy Claws. Oooohhh yeah!

LordSutch · 22-12-2011 11:27pm

Just heard Santo for the 1st time ever today

That's Henry Street for ya!

Kev.OC · 23-12-2011 12:55am

Say Santa myself, but I'd be completely indifferent to Santy. Wouldn't bother me one way or the other. Each to their own.

Fr. Christmas sounds somewhat wrong though. Overly formal, in my opinion.

Lia_lia · 23-12-2011 2:42am

Father Christmas around my Dad (seriously, could we get anymore English).

Santa everywhere else.

I hate Santee.

Do you call him Santa, Santa Claus, or Santee? and what does it say about you?!

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