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What do you call Father Christmas/Santa Claus in your family?

  • 01-12-2013 4:24am
    #1
    LordSutch
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    So by what name do you call Santa Claus in your family?
    http://www.maynineteen.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/santa-claus.jpg

    Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Santa Claus, and simply "Santa", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures.

    According to a tradition which can be traced to the 1820s, Santa Claus lives at the North Pole, with a large number of magical elves, and nine (originally eight) flying reindeer. Since the 20th century, in an idea popularized by the 1934 song "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", Santa Claus has been believed to make a list of children throughout the world, categorizing them according to their behavior ("naughty" or "nice") and to deliver presents, including toys, and sweets to all of the well-behaved children in the world, and sometimes coal to the naughty children, on the single night of Christmas Eve. He accomplishes this feat with the aid of the elves who make the toys in the workshop and the reindeer who pull his sleigh.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus

    What do you call Father Christmas/Santa Claus in your family? 383 votes

    Father Christmas
    0% 0 votes
    Saint Nicholas
    1% 6 votes
    Santa Claus
    0% 1 vote
    Santa
    6% 25 votes
    Kris Kringle
    45% 174 votes
    Daidí na Nollag
    0% 0 votes
    Sinterklaas
    1% 4 votes
    Santy
    1% 4 votes
    Other . . .
    44% 169 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    mutley18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭mutley18


    Santee (Donegal)


  • #3
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Dad...oh wait!

    Santy.


  • #4
    BetterThanThou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 944 ✭✭✭BetterThanThou


    Personally, Santa, however, the rest of my family calls him Santy.


  • #5
    theblaqueguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 401 ✭✭theblaqueguy


    We call him
    Blanta
    Cos he's a black santa


  • #6
    Festy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭Festy


    Me Ma and Da


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  • #7
    Jimmy Garlic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,349 ✭✭✭Jimmy Garlic


    Satan.


  • #8
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,590 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    This cnut again.


  • #9
    Mickey H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Mickey H


    Generally a fat ****.


  • #10
    weetiepie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 192 ✭✭weetiepie


    Daidi na nollag in our household!


  • #11
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    What about 'Sanah' for al the Ay-mericans in the audience?


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  • #12
    guttenberg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 960 ✭✭✭guttenberg


    Festy wrote: »
    Me Ma and Da

    You have two Santas?:eek:


  • #13
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Santy.

    My youngest son calls him Ho Ho, though. :)


  • #14
    camel jockey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭camel jockey


    No Père Noël or Papa Noël options, OP? Disappointing.


  • #15
    Sir Humphrey Appleby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,465 ✭✭✭Sir Humphrey Appleby


    Visacard:D


  • #16
    D-FENS
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,143 ✭✭✭D-FENS


    the man with the sack on his back


  • #17
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Annual gift man.

    He lives on the moon. ;)


  • #18
    gg2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭gg2


    Santy!


  • #19
    mymo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭mymo


    I grew up in the uk, he'll always be Father Christmas to me.
    Thanks to the Raymond Briggs books even my irish born daughter called him Father Christmas when small.


  • #20
    Knine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,763 ✭✭✭Knine


    MammyClaus

    I have used the oul Santa Claus threat about 15 times today


  • #21
    mymo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭mymo


    Knine wrote: »
    I have used the oul Santa Claus threat about 15 times today



    And it's only just after 12! :o


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  • #22
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    mutley18 wrote: »
    Santee (Donegal)

    I've even seen Santi & Santo :)


  • #23
    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    I call him Father Christmas, kids call him Santa.


  • #24
    Diabhal Beag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,238 ✭✭✭✭Diabhal Beag


    Santy obv


  • #25
    Míshásta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭Míshásta


    SANTY

    I'd say most people in the south pronounce it 'Santy' even it they spell it 'Santa'

    I never hear 'Father Christmas' used here.


  • #26
    loveisdivine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,463 ✭✭✭loveisdivine


    I switch between Santa and Father Christmas.
    Everyone I know here calls him Santy and for some reason I find it really grating. It just sounds so...ugh.


  • #27
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Míshásta wrote: »
    SANTY

    I'd say most people in the south pronounce it 'Santy' even it they spell it 'Santa'
    .

    I'd say most adults in the south say Santa/Santa Claus, waith a fair smattering of 'Santy' in different parts (for some odd reason).


  • #28
    kuntboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 290 ✭✭kuntboy


    Santa.

    Only working class scum say "Santy"


  • #29
    Witchie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,597 ✭✭✭Witchie


    loveisdivine wrote: »
    I switch between Santa and Father Christmas.
    Everyone I know here calls him Santy and for some reason I find it really grating. It just sounds so...ugh.
    kuntboy wrote: »
    Santa.

    Only working class scum say "Santy"

    My mum insisted we call him Santa or Santa Claus and wouldnt allow us call him "Santy" coz that was "common".


  • #30
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    loveisdivine wrote: »
    I switch between Santa and Father Christmas.
    Everyone I know here calls him Santy and for some reason I find it really grating. It just sounds so...ugh.

    I dont know what it is, the people I know that call him santy tend to be the type whos Christmas involves a new tracksuit and used to get a new games console but since dad was framed for armed robbery they stopped getting them and they now go visit dad in prison.


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  • #31
    Duckworth_Luas
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    圣诞老人 or Jolly Present Bringing Christmas Man


  • #32
    Agricola
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    kuntboy wrote: »
    Santa.

    Only working class scum say "Santy"
    Apt username!

    Santy for me. Always associated Fr. Christmas with the UK and Santa with Coca-Cola and Americans. I think Santy is a nice hiberno-english compromise!


  • #33
    The One Who Knocks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,301 ✭✭✭The One Who Knocks


    Where's the Belsnickel option????


    BELSNICKEL!


  • #34
    Greyfoot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 566 ✭✭✭Greyfoot


    Little Jesus brings presents hey no that fat f**k


  • #35
    Kidchameleon
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    Annual gift man


  • #36
    astonaidan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭astonaidan


    Christ this is a tight race, more exciting than when City one the title in last kick


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  • #37
    Sunnyisland
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    Santa


    And OP how why & when did an extra reindeer get added on :-)


  • #38
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    Santa. Santy for smaller kids.
    kuntboy wrote: »
    Santa.

    Only working class scum say "Santy"
    Anyone who makes judgement on the term people use with children for Santa Claus, is a tragic human being.


  • #39
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    Santy


  • #40
    The One Who Knocks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,301 ✭✭✭The One Who Knocks


    eviltwin wrote: »
    Santy

    No. BELSNICKEL!


  • #41
    gurl88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭gurl88


    We call the figure that brings Christmas gifts Kerstman ("Christmas man"), though we link Christmas to the birth of Jesus only, so no gifts involved with that at home.
    On the 5th of december we celebrate "Sinterklaas" , which involves a lot of gifts.


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  • #42
    Gokei
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    realies wrote: »
    Santa


    And OP how why & when did an extra reindeer get added on :-)

    Rudolph


  • #43
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    The One Who Knocks wrote: »
    Where's the Belsnickel option????

    A small irritable brown fur covered little German man with an evil attitude, and if kids misbehave, he beats & whips them :eek: :D

    Belsnickel http://www.theboredninja.com/fun_facts/belsnickel/


  • #44
    Washington Irving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,066 ✭✭✭Washington Irving


    'Santy' when I was younger. Usually 'Santa' now.


  • #45
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    kuntboy wrote: »
    Santa.

    Only working class scum say "Santy"

    Working class scum here. Santy all the way.


  • #46
    Optimalprimerib
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,885 ✭✭✭Optimalprimerib


    loveisdivine wrote: »
    I switch between Santa and Father Christmas.
    Everyone I know here calls him Santy and for some reason I find it really grating. It just sounds so...ugh.

    Its funny I feel that way about santa.


  • #47
    Vito Corleone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,753 ✭✭✭Vito Corleone


    I hate when people call him Santy.


  • #48
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    Santa. Santy for smaller kids.

    Anyone who makes judgement on the term people use with children for Santa Claus, is a tragic human being.

    Would like to have been able to thank twice!!
    I mean, seriously, do people really think that their ill judged preconceived and totally idiotic assumptions and their own snobbery translates to everyone who uses "Santy"?


    Christ on a bike :rolleyes:


    I use Santy and so do my children, not a skanger in sight ;)


  • #49
    ardle1
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    Here in DunFundalk we call him Santa, eh all 5,000+ off The Great Man..... Seriously 'what a sight':) http://www.thejournal.ie/dundalk-santa-fun-run-1199959-Nov2013/


  • #50
    clairefontaine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,390 ✭✭✭clairefontaine


    Santa Claus, Santa, or St. Nick.


  • #51
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Ahhhhhh, forgot 'St Nick' in the poll.

    Last year we left out Daidí na Nollag.

    Santa easily winning this years poll :)


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