To hate the now common usage of "santa"

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Just this really. Santa is a vulgar Americanism.

What was wrong with father Christmas ffs.

You're wrong OP.

Santa is short for Santaclaus, saint klaus I presume. It's what sounds normal to me. Father Christmas sounds ludicrously pompous in Ireland so I'd never say it.

lol at Secret Father Christmas in the office! I used to work in London and nobody ever said that !

Not really arsed - I'm not sure a lot of mn posters will be able to deal with the concept of hiberno-english😄😄

Santy all the way.....and just out of badness....the letter h is pronounced HAITCH!!!!!

oooo lump a cowul in your shtockin'

ACtually I mixed kerry and Dublin there. I wish I could delete that comment!!

I come from the north of Scotland, never heard anyone say Father Christmas, it's always been Santa. Although, when I was a bairn, Christmas wasn't a big deal at all, Hogmanay was the big celebration.

We use Santa and talk about him as a story people tell, To try to distance him from Christmas as we like to use Christmas to focus on our faith.

@Miscella I know, it’s why I posted it Celtic dialects/speech are roundly hated on here, so I do like to point out they are valid now and then

I don't care treacle, I quite enjoy a bit of vulgarity

Kate that’s right, our Grandparents used to give us presents on New Years Day rather than Christmas.

It’s always been Santa Clause where I grew up and I’m ancient. Maybe you should step outside your village and realise not everyone/every place does things as you do.

I'm OK with it, just wish he didn't make an appearance in stores before the beginning of Advent.

Was this a thread started by the National Trust to gauge reaction to their ban on usage of the name Santa?

Say what julie

I hear ya. I thought I was the only one! I always say Father Christmas and I get irrationally irritated by the use of Santa.

National Trust introduces ban on ‘Santa Claus’ in stately homes and historic buildings – because calling him Father Christmas is ‘more British’

I was wondering if the op was working for the NT and using this as a sounding board for opinions.

Oh, bag humbug.

But surely, if traditionally, Father Christmas doesn't bring presents, wears green and heralds spring, people who use the term have got it all wrong?

Londoner here and have used both, although tend to use Santa more now. I’m not surprised there’s a link between Scottish, Irish and Americans saying Santa- many Americans have both in their heritage.
People complain about anything and everything these days. Of all the things to get annoyed about, this is very very minor.

I'm ancient and we must be common as I've always known the guy to be Santa.

Not many people on here grew up in National Trust England then. What is the world coming to.

Father Christmas is very middle class to me. It paints this picture of a more traditional Santa. I don't know if that makes sense.

I hate all this hoity toity rubbish about 'vulgar Americanisms'. Nothing wrong with Father Christmas if that's what you've been brought up with but many of us haven't. Santa/Santy for me, and I only came across Father Christmas in charming Edwardian books by the likes of E Nesbit.

There is a world beyond the South of England you know.

It’s always been Father Christmas to me, north west England, definitely not middle class. Santa seems an Americanism to me. But I don’t judge on anyone else’s views.

Grown adults getting all het up about a story characters name.

I agree this whole thread is a laugh a minute. The only Christmas related ones that are better are the threads where the OP says "Should I tell my children there is no Santa Claus/FC before they start high school?"

The answer, by the way, is yes.