To think that only posh people say Father Christmas?!

[charliesp]

And everyone else says Santa?

I say Santa but my posh DH and all his family and posh friends say Father Christmas.

Anyone else noticed this? Or AIBU?

@derxa I have never felt more leanings towards joining the SNP than after this thread 😂

Interestingly my experience of a USA Christmas, (I am making an assumption that we are thinking about this country rather than Scotland or Ireland?) is that it is much less commercial than an English Christmas.

Perhaps because it is so soon after Thanksgiving in the US?

Just because you say it one way, doesn’t mean you have to slag off the other way, there’s just no need for it.

This. I honestly don’t get why it f-ing matters. Whether you say Father Christmas, Santa, or St.Nick (funny enough heard all of these growing up in the States) most people know who you’re speaking of.

Some might say it's fitting that the Scottish and Irish have adopted a term based on European culture, while the English...haven't.

We say both.. I don't know why. We're certainly not posh!

Also all the people who think Santa is tacky & wrong do you not have any Scottish or Irish friends? There are loads of them in England particularly when you take into account those with Scottish/Irish heritage.

Well yes, it was interesting to hear that Santa is the norm in Scotland and Ireland.

So did you not read the thread before you posted the below?

Agree with others who see Santa as an Americanism

Yes, I have realised that it is not just an Americanism. Its obviously popular in Scotland, Ireland, Australia and other places (I haven't read all 23 pages - so I may have missed some countries out) As another poster pointed out - the false impression that it is an Americanism comes from Hollywood Christmas movies

As far as I am concerned people can call Father Christmas (my preference) whatever they like without judgement from me [searches for white flag to wave]

@cukooboo why is it ok to call Americans tacky and wrong but not Scots or Irish?

South Wales upbringing Father Christmas here

I wasn't calling Americans tacky but if you can't work that out....

cuckooboo - no I didn't read the entire thread and nor do I think it is necessary to do that as a precondition for posting (unless its a particularly contentious subject then its useful to skim it). Who would have thought that this thread would have got ansty (although I might have suspected that given the mention of class in the title)

Not posh here,,, it's father Christmas...

I never knew any Scots or Irish people growing up, no. My family are Welsh.

I am in my early sixties and was brought up in South Wales I a working class family. Nobody said Santa when I was growing up. I still say Father Christmas.

@LimitIsUp you should ALWAYS read the thread 😀

Same, @fluffiphlox

I think it's useful to at least skim threads, you never know what you may learn!

I’m not posh and I say Father Christmas. Santa sounds very American to me.

I’m not posh and I say Father Christmas. Santa sounds very American to me

Aaarrrrgggghhhh. Fuck sake, switch the record off

We definitely have a new 'cancel the cheque' on this thread.

So do the North Welsh say Santa?

We says Father Christmas growing up but as Santa has become more pervasive in English society (for whatever reason), we’ve started using that more. It’s a bit quicker to say and DS uses it all the time.

*We said, that should be.