Comments on: When did Father Christmas become Santa Claus?

By: Little miss

Little miss — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:23:07 +0000

I am in my 40’s from the north of the UK but now live in the south, the man in red was always Father Christmas when I was growing up and Santa Claus was always only ever heard of on American Programmes or films, nowadays it seems we throw any aspecty of our British Identity or traditions to adopt any one elses. This has` advantages and disadvantages, on the one hand we are a very adaptable bunch who can move with the times, however its nice to hang on to some old fashioned ways even if only for sentiments sake.

By: Big Boo

Big Boo — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:54:32 +0000

That’s interesting Allison. It’s surprising considering how small the UK is that there can be such variations in things such as this.

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:35:14 +0000

I am 49 and grew up in the North East of the UK. I’ve only ever known Santa Clause, but heard of Father Christmas more when I moved south, about 20 years ago.

By: Big Boo

Big Boo — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:22:26 +0000

So perhaps my anagram pondering isn’t that far off after all! Does the Devil have claws (CLAUS) though

I tend to think of him having cloven hooves, which would kind of limit the potential for claws.

By: Oranjepan

Oranjepan — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:35:53 +0000

Hyum… I vividly remember being told by a priest when I was a child that St Nicholas was the angel which fell and became the devil and that christmas day is the one day he gives you gifts as a reward for all your good deeds, instead of punishing you for your bad deeds as he does for the rest of the year.

This, he explained, is all down to the power of Christian forgiveness and why it is bad luck to ever catch sight of Father Christmas. Maybe it didn’t help that I watched Star Wars for the first time that year!

I asked him about the Santa’s grotto in the shopping centre I’d been begging my parents to take me to and he said the evil shopping centre managers were trying to lead us into the way of temptation and waste money on rubbish we’d regret spending…

By: Big Boo

Big Boo — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:29:03 +0000

Eeep! Well spotted Karen.

You don’t want to get those two mixed up, but then again, Santa is an anagram of Satan, and you never see the two of them in the room at the same time…

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:14:54 +0000

Oranjepan, I think you mean St Nick (Nicholas). Old Nick is another name for the devil!

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