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

06-12-2011 03:40PM

LordSutch wrote: »

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

We did. Did you read the thread?!

LordSutch · 06-12-2011 03:43PM

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

Grimebox · 06-12-2011 04:13PM

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 04:17PM

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 04:19PM

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 04:25PM

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

Conall Cernach · 06-12-2011 04:30PM

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 04:30PM

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 04:35PM

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

Scarlet42 · 06-12-2011 04:37PM

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 04:39PM

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 04:40PM

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 04:54PM

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 04:57PM

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 05:05PM

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 06:16PM

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 06:30PM

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 07:25PM

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 07:32PM

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 08:35PM

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 08:36PM

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 08:38PM

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 05:27PM

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 05:53PM

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 06:11PM

...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 06:55PM

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

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

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