Hi all,

Sorry a bit of a long one here ...

My DP & i both grew up in a generation of calling the big jolly man in the red suit ... FATHER CHRISTMAS (we both personally knew of no-one calling him SANTA when we were kids ... i was a kid of the 70's whereas DP was a kid of the 80's (i'm 10years older than DP if that explains) ...

Anyway, as we have our only child a sweet nearly 2.5year old daughter we are torn by choosing what name to refer to the big jolly man

We both agree that Father Christmas is a very special name to us both whilst being a child ... and brings wonderful memories & feelings with the name ... whereas the name reference of Santa truely gives us no where near the same emotional connection to Christmas.

Last Christmas whilst standing in a huge queue waiting for the big jolly man to arrive at the Shopping centre every child & parent around us were calling him Santa.

I guess our only concern is we don't want our child to be the odd one out in calling him Father Christmas (which she hasn't learnt yet).

I have looked into the history of both names and it's still unclear to me if Santa (not Santa Clause) is an American fady name that came from a Coke Cola promotion of many years ago

I don't want to turn this into a religious debate or offend anyone (as i hope no one offends our beliefs) ... So, therefore i'm Happy to hear religious and non-religious responses as to ... WHY YOU CHOOSE TO USE THE NAME FATHER CHRISTMAS or SANTA ???

Huge THANKS to those that can share their thoughts, etc ...

Cheers from Lorelle Adam & our lil lady Cendrine