# Did your parents tell you Santana was real when you were little? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999 "2013-12-10T18:33:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/81 "2013-12-11T14:50:12Z")
I’m tempted to start a thread called _Did Your Parents Drop You People on Your Head When You Were a Kid?_ ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/82 "2013-12-11T14:59:17Z")
Were you afraid that Ol’ Blue Eyes was going to come get you if you were bad? Or did you just defy them and say you were doing it your way? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/83 "2013-12-11T15:01:23Z")
If they did, they didn’t tell me. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/84 "2013-12-11T15:08:54Z")
Anyone who grew up in Southern California knew that Santa Anas were a thing. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/85 "2013-12-11T15:17:41Z")
How can this be funny anymore? ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/86 "2013-12-11T15:35:09Z")
No but they did make me wear a bacon skirt once. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/87 "2013-12-11T15:36:06Z")
No silk No satin One green velvet dress Nothing that had to be ironed. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/88 "2013-12-11T15:46:38Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > How can this be funny anymore? “Did your parents tell you 27 cents was Riyal as a kid?” IOW, no, it can’t ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/89 "2013-12-11T15:47:39Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > How can this be funny anymore? It’s not. That’s the point, _doo-be-doo-be-doooooo._ ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/90 "2013-12-11T15:58:43Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > How can this be funny anymore? It only gets funnier! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/91 "2013-12-11T16:00:56Z")
> [@AnaMen](#): > > It only gets funnier! Start spreading the news. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/92 "2013-12-11T16:04:16Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > That bastard who put Davy Crockett to the sword?! That’s [Santa Anna](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez_de_Santa_Anna). However, I applaud your efforts to preempt another thread, pipe dream though it may be. On topic, my parents were agnostic on Santa Ana, but I’ve since found it to be very real. It’s home to some great Vietnamese restaurants, and the nominal origin of Santa Anas: hot, dry winds, which according to The Bobs song, make the whole city of Los Angeles act like it’s got PMS. You can listen to the _a capella_ version[sup]\*[/sup] [here](https://myspace.com/thebobsmusic/music/song/santa-ana-woman-74697618-82427332). [sup]\*[/sup]AKA, the only version, since the Bobs are an _a capella_ group. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/93 "2013-12-11T16:09:38Z")
Did they tell you that it is a combination of Yoruba and Catholicism? Did you get to have animal sacrifices when you were little? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/94 "2013-12-11T16:11:14Z")
Finally! The question we’ve all been waiting for! um, no. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/95 "2013-12-11T16:16:11Z")
In for a penny, in for a pound - that’s what I say. 😛 Wonder if this will be the last in a line of needless thread that breaks the mod’s backs… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/96 "2013-12-11T16:18:40Z")
Well, do you believe in the devil winds? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/97 "2013-12-11T16:19:56Z")
No Santeria for me as a child unfortunately. I didn’t know about Santeria until Sublime sang about when I was already grown. I grew up in Louisiana though. My parents did tell me about closely related Voodoo although we never practiced it ourselves except for the time I stuck some pins in a doll that was supposed to represent my little brother. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/98 "2013-12-11T16:21:22Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > How can this be funny anymore? Nitrous oxide. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/99 "2013-12-11T16:22:13Z")
Santa Anas? Nah. Santa Anita? Oh, yeah, that’s for real. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999/100 "2013-12-11T16:25:59Z")
Since all of these threads are pretty much jokes of the original, I’m moving them to MPSIMS. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santana-was-real-when-you-were-little/675999.md?page=6)