The poll is mostly for people in the UK.
My entire life I called the big guy in the red suit Father Christmas. If I called him Santa I was told, mostly by my mum, "Father Christmas, we're not American."
That's how I grew up, even though in all movies I saw at the time he was called Santa Claus I knew that was the American name and in England we called him Father Christmas.
But more and more over the last few years I've heard people, in all kinds of places, referring to St Nick as Santa, without being corrected.
People on TV, friends and family, even stores are putting up a Santa's Grotto instead of a Christmas Grotto.
Even ITV will be holding a Text Santa charity event over Christmas.
I'm partially curious as to when the changeover happened and it became more acceptable to call Father Christmas by the American name of Santa Claus without being corrected.
Mostly I'm curious as to what name you commonly use. Do you say Father Christmas or do you say Santa?
Or something else?
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I was an elf at a grotto recently (don't ask) and kept saying Santa, when most of the kids parents said Father Christmas. I think Santa is just shorter so it's been adopted more readily but yeah, i had to really make an effort to say Father Christmas. I don't think I said Santa when I was little.
I've always said Father Christmas and yesterday, my three year old niece corrected me and told me it's not Father Christmas, it's Santa. I suppose Santa is easier for her to say though so I'm going along with it to avoid confusing her.
I mostly used Father Christmas when I was little, but santa is shorter & easier so use them fairly equally now.
Have never come across a Christmas grotto, even when I was a kid they were always called Santa's grotto.
It depends! I work in a nursery so depends what story we are reading or song we are singing them! In conversation I would usually say Father Christmas though my personal favourite is a little boy I work with who insists on calling him "Christmas Guy" which I think should catch on!
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It depends! I work in a nursery so depends what story we are reading or song we are singing them! In conversation I would usually say Father Christmas though my personal favourite is a little boy I work with who insists on calling him "Christmas Guy" which I think should catch on!
Haha, Christmas guy. Love it!
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Father Christmas but typing wise I tend to say santa
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