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Father christmas VS Santa

Postby bazza1 » Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:56 pm

When i was growing up it was always Father Christmas, but now more and more kids are refering to FC as SANTA, its an outrage. Lets stop this Americanism and get back to the aussie tradition of FATHER CHRISTMAS. I have 2 kids and never refer to him as Santa!
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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby stan » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:28 pm

bazza1 wrote:When i was growing up it was always Father Christmas, but now more and more kids are refering to FC as SANTA, its an outrage. Lets stop this Americanism and get back to the aussie tradition of FATHER CHRISTMAS. I have 2 kids and never refer to him as Santa!


i hope you say Merry Christmas and not Season's Greetings or Happy Holidays.....;)
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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby bazza1 » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:42 pm

stan wrote:
bazza1 wrote:When i was growing up it was always Father Christmas, but now more and more kids are refering to FC as SANTA, its an outrage. Lets stop this Americanism and get back to the aussie tradition of FATHER CHRISTMAS. I have 2 kids and never refer to him as Santa!


i hope you say Merry Christmas and not Season's Greetings or Happy Holidays.....;)


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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby Hondo » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:51 pm

I notice with kids now its SC or just Santa

To me, it will always be FC!
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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:59 pm

hondo71 wrote:I notice with kids now its SC or just Santa

To me, it will always be FC!


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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby bayman » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:36 pm

well i say fc for little bayman & because i do that his stupid mother has to say sc just to be different :twisted: :twisted:, but lets face it, it has to be fc because santa claus is a town in america, they've already started with halloween over here & i'm waiting for the day 'we' celebrate july 4th (apart from those with birthdays on that date)
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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby Wedgie » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:49 pm

It was always Father Christmas to me.

Its only a personal thing but I always think of Santa as the one with the red hat and Father Christmas as the more traditional figure (he's in the pagent) with the laurel of some sort in his hair instead.
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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby JAS » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:56 pm

When I was a kid it was both Father Christmas and St. Nicholas. Not only because of a strict Catholic upbringing (long since abondoned) but because he is St Nicholas in the classic poem 'A Visit from St Nicholas' or more often called 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'. Only foreign friends of my parents called him Santa Claus.

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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby Footy Chick » Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:04 am

hondo71 wrote:I notice with kids now its SC or just Santa

To me, it will always be FC!
:shock: :-$ :wink:

FC is fat and jolly...

I'm not jolly.... :lol: :lol:
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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby Punk Rooster » Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:35 pm

Falcon Chick wrote:
hondo71 wrote:I notice with kids now its SC or just Santa

To me, it will always be FC!
:shock: :-$ :wink:

FC is fat and jolly...

I'm not jolly.... :lol: :lol:

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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby TroyGFC » Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:18 pm

St Nick for me.
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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby Wedgie » Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:20 pm

Honestly, who cares, as long as we all know he's a North supporter wearing his red and white proudly. :wink:
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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby Snaggletooth Tiger » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:27 pm

I'm wondering if his elves up there in the North Pole are under Howard's 'Workchoices'...
What they need is Rudolph the 'Red Flag' Reindeer to stir up the pot & make the poor little buggers
drop their tools for better working conditions! :wink:
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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby Psyber » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:11 pm

Snaggletooth Tiger wrote:I'm wondering if his elves up there in the North Pole are under Howard's 'Workchoices'...
What they need is Rudolph the 'Red Flag' Reindeer to stir up the pot & make the poor little buggers
drop their tools for better working conditions! :wink:

What is that going to do to the price of Christmas presents!! :shock: :wink:
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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby redden whites » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:33 pm

Snaggletooth Tiger wrote:I'm wondering if his elves up there in the North Pole are under Howard's 'Workchoices'...
What they need is Rudolph the 'Red Flag' Reindeer to stir up the pot & make the poor little buggers
drop their tools for better working conditions! :wink:

They would want to be careful.FC I have heard has got former soldiers training in Dubai on the sly and is preparing to set the guard dogs on them and kick them out into the street.
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Re: Father christmas VS Santa

Postby Mr66 » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:04 pm

Father Christmas would win six out of ten matches,
but I'd favour Santa easily in a steel cage match.
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