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

LordSutch

So what do you call the lovely man in the red costume with the white beard?

Go on, what do you call him & why? will he be coming to you this year? any funny Santa stories? have you ever been Santa? have you ever kissed Santa? have you ever been kised by Santa? Did you put out milk & biscuits for Santa as a kid? Do you/ would you allow your kids to believe in the story of Santa Claus . . . .

Ho ho ho.

chin_grin

I call him lies and I don't care what that says about me. LIES!

My name is URL

Annual Gift Man

Sl!mCharles

santa, I hate santee/santy!

Leeg17

Santee.

What does it say about me? That I call Santee, Santee.

W.Shakes-Beer

Homeless Colonel Sanders

Onesimus

Funny you should mention Santa Clause. Tomorrow is the Feast of St.Nicholas the real Santa.

We put bags of Gold coins in each others stockings/shoes this night. The reason being that St.Nicholas was charitable to many girls and boys in his town and he would often drop the bags of Gold down the chimney for them.

He did this also for women who were being sold into slavery and prostitution by their fathers and mothers because they couldnt afford the dowry to get married.

Chuck Stone

Santee is Dublinese isn't it?

Dotrel

Jesus Sr.

brummytom

Father Christmas

Immaculate Pasta

Fr. Christmas

Great lad. Delivers a good mass and presents.

LordSutch

Leeg17 wrote: »

Santee.

What does it say about me? That I call Santee, Santee.

I'll never understand how they got Santee out of Santa

BraziliaNZ

Santy. It's what all kids who weren't posh or Southsiders in Dublin called him.

livinsane

I spell it Santy, not Santee. In my letters like...

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Daidi na Nollaig.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Was just known as Claus in our house.

Black Cow

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.

Super-Rush

Slanty Jaws.

carfiosaoorl

I called him Santy when I was a child but call him Santa/ Santa Claus now (feckin americanisms:() to my kids.
Santy told me to **** off when I was about 7, I was traumatised:mad: Christmas eve I got up to go to the toilet, walked into the bathroom and Santy was sitting on the toilet with his hands leaning against the bath. He looked at me and said "fuuuucck ooooooff" I ran back to bed and was in a panic all night that I wasnt going to get any presents. My parents told me years later that it was my uncle pissed dressed in a Santy suit:(

Palytoxin

Santy around north Laois aswell, 'on the santy!:D

alwaysadub

Santa or Santy depending who i'm talking to. I'd usually say Santa to the older kids and Santy to the younger ones.

efb

Daddy or more accurately The Credit Union!

Posy

I'd say 'Santa Claus' or 'Santy.'
I'd never spell it 'Santee' though!!

LordSutch

Onesimus wrote: »

Funny you should mention Santa Clause. Tomorrow is the Feast of St.Nicholas the real Santa.

We put bags of Gold coins in each others stockings/shoes this night. The reason being that St.Nicholas was charitable to many girls and boys in his town and he would often drop the bags of Gold down the chimney for them.

He did this also for women who were being sold into slavery and prostitution by their fathers and mothers because they couldnt afford the dowry to get married.

Many thanks for that, I didn't realise that tomorrow (Tuesday) was the feast of St Nicholas, also interesting to get the background story - Many thanks. PS: I deliberately didnt add St Nicholas as a poll choice in the knowledge that the great unwashed (me included) wouldn't use the original & correct term in every day useage

mr lee

santy is irish for santa

chucken1

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.

Ooh the lower class eh?
I call him Santy and Ive never had a dublin accent,thank you!

hondasam

I never believed in santa, it's a stupid thing to believe in.

RichieC

Santy.

starlit

It's been either Santa or Santy!

Saila

Onesimus wrote: »

Funny you should mention Santa Clause. Tomorrow is the Feast of St.Nicholas the real Santa.

*head explodes with the paradox*

hondasam wrote: »

I never believed in santa, it's a stupid thing to believe in.

you missed the magic, poor you

hondasam

Saila wrote: »

you missed the magic

I missed nothing except believing some man came down the chimney with anything I asked for, only it never happened.:pac:

Grimebox

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Santy. It's what all kids who weren't posh or Southsiders in Dublin called him.

This old nugget.... boils my blood everytime

chickenbutt

Always Santa/Santa Claus.

Sardonicat

Father Christmas.

Never heard of "santy" 'til i moved here when i was 9.

-"What's Santy brining you?"

-"Who?"

- "Santy. What's he bringing you for Chridtmas?"

- "Oh, you mean Father Christmas? How do I know what he's bringing me? It's a surprise, isn't it?"

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!


As a result, I was never dissapointed. He always came and always left me loads of great surprises.

Grimebox

Where does "Santy" even come from?

Saila

hondasam wrote: »

I missed nothing except believing some man came down the chimney with anything I asked for, only it never happened.:pac:

it was great believing in santa, always the not knowing factor and trying to catch him out, that was half the fun

and when parents realised I didnt believe it, they felt WAY less pressure to get me what I wanted

win lose situation

Tayla

We call him 'Santy' in my house too!

Although my one year old calls him 'Santint'

hondasam

Saila wrote: »

it was great believing in santa, always the not knowing factor and trying to catch him out, that was half the fun

and when parents realised I didnt believe it, they felt WAY less pressure to get me what I wanted

win lose situation

I don't believe in fairy tales. what age were you when you stop believing? really.

mackg

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.

Oh the lower classes and their idiosyncrasies.

massdebater

Santaí

Chuck Stone

I found the fact that Santa doesn't exist quite painful when I discovered the truth. Being 17 years old is tough enough with out that crap.

Tayla

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I found the fact that Santa doesn't exist quite painful when I discovered the truth. Being 17 years old is tough enough with out that crap.

Aw Chuck...he will still come to you if you just believe

RichieC

massdebater wrote: »

Santaí

So all along I was using the Irish...

LordSutch

Is Santaí really the Irish for Santa, or is that a joke?

OldGoat

Sanity Clause.
Thank you Marx Brothers.

"The coke man". I will leave it up to you to decide if that is a reference to drug use, the coca cola influence on the red clothes wearing character, or both

sensibleken

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Santy. It's what all kids who weren't posh or Southsiders in Dublin called him.

Im southside and called him Santy. You're forgetting Tallaght, walkinstown, crumlin, drimnagh, ringsend, irishtown etc are all on the southside too. But then I've heard noth side education isnt that good. :pac:

sensibleken

OldGoat wrote: »

Sanity Clause.
Thank you Marx Brothers.

there aint no sanity clause!

ScumLord

Santa was never popular in our house, Dad used to buy really crappy santa gifts and really good dadda gifts so that we wouldn't like santa any more than him.

Brendog

Communist present distributor

loveisdivine

I really hate "Santy" I dunno why but as soon as I hear a kid saying I automatically go "ugh". Nothing to do with north/south side, I just can't stand it.