Question, why is Father Christmas more normally known as Santa Claus in Scotland, but Father Christmas in England? I’ll thread a few thoughts on this, but genuinely intrigued.
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Seems that there is localised use of F.C. in Edinburgh, S.C. Is more commonly used everywhere and is more working class.
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Is this to do with links to the Low Countries or Catholic France, Germany and Sinter Klaus?
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Does it have anything to do with the longer suppression of Christmas in Scotland than in England by the Puritans and Presbyterians?
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Is it a US import? Also is the use of Father Christmas more closely aligned with pre-Christian polytheistic figures than a saint might be, therefore S.C. has a more religious association?
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Replying to @typejunky @FolkloreThurs
In general, seems Santa Claus is viewed as an American import of Victorian era in England: perhaps no Scottish tradition of FC except in Edinburgh area, unlike in England (where known from 15thC)? Simpson+Roud here fwiw http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/xmas/pages/history.htm … :)
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No worries :) Simpson and Roud on Father Christmas is at bottom of this page, btw :) http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/xmas/pages/english.htm …
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