Is using "Father Christmas" vs "Santa" a class signifier?

[Flapjacker48]

Upper/upper middle - use "Father Christmas"

Working/lower middle - "Santa"

The "Santa" we use in the UK today is almost an original European export to American and has come back as a tackier and vulgar Santa.

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To paraphrase a very brilliant Englishman,

At this stage in the thread, what we need is a futile gesture.

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Father Christmas etymology This would suggest FC is older and pagan Father Christmas

A good history of the English origins
of FC

Not Scottish or Irish though.

Point 2. The 'Santa' we know and love in his present incarnation is American. The image was invented by Coca-Cola. So yes, 'Santa' has come over from the USA to the UK, and is used much more often here now, as a consequence of that

Just completely ignorant of everything outwith your own little bit of Englandshire.