# Santa's "Ho Ho Ho" called insulting to women **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 15, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531 "2007-11-15T14:08:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MN\_Maenad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/41 "2007-12-06T18:58:40Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Ok, wait, upon reading the article - they say it would be offensive to _women_? So what the hell, they’re implying all women are ho-ho-whores??? [/QUOTE] Just Australian women. d&r ---
**Author:** ![Aioua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@Aioua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aioua)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/42 "2007-12-06T20:25:35Z")
Simpsons, Branson, Charo: Hoochie, Hoochie, Hoochie! …all I could think of, heh. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/43 "2007-12-06T20:29:56Z")
Apparently, those who consider “Ho, Ho, Ho!” to be insulting never listened to Kevin "Bloody "Wilson’s Christmas album. _Ho, ho, fucking ho What a crock o’ shit! We all work for Santa Claus We’ve had enough, we quit We do all the fucking work While he stars in the show Stick your Christmas up your arse! Ho, ho, fucking ho!"_ And Kevin’s Australian! ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/44 "2007-12-06T21:14:26Z")
Well, that cinches it for me. My official holiday cheer just changed to, “Whore Whore Whore!”. If somebody’s going to get bent about it, let it be for the right reason. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/45 "2007-12-06T22:43:08Z")
I let it go when he kept calling me “ho ho ho” but when he smacked me in front of all the kids and asked if Santa was going to have to choke a bitch, well yeah, I got offended. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/46 "2007-12-07T03:17:05Z")
The college where I teach had a luncheon hosted by the Associated Students. One student showed up wearing a Santa hat with this embroidered on it: HO! HO! HO! Where they at? Am I bad for thinking it was kinda funny? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/47 "2007-12-07T03:17:24Z")
The college where I teach had a luncheon hosted by the Associated Students. One student showed up wearing a Santa hat with this embroidered on it: HO! HO! HO! Where they at? Am I bad for thinking it was kinda funny? ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/48 "2007-12-07T05:45:15Z")
Last year my sister was forwarded a text message by a female friend, who received it from another female friend. It went something like this: “The other day I was at the mall and heard Santa shouting ‘Ho Ho Ho’ so I looked around, thinking he was calling you.” She laughed and wondered who originally wrote it. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/49 "2007-12-07T09:24:32Z")
[QUOTE=Aioua] Simpsons, Branson, Charo: Hoochie, Hoochie, Hoochie! …all I could think of, heh. [/QUOTE] So are we doing the Hoochie Coochie this Christmas, then? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531/50 "2007-12-14T19:48:53Z")
Snopes weighs in on the great “Ho Ho Ho” issue: > **[Santa's 'Ho Ho Ho' Changed to 'Ha Ha Ha'](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/heave-ho-ho-ho/)** > > Has Santa's 'Ho Ho Ho' been changed to 'Ha Ha Ha' because women felt insulted by it? It seems my original suspicions: > [@](#): > > I’m awfully suspicious. Why would Australians cebnsure use of “Ho Ho Ho” because it resembles American slang? Especially since no one has raised this issue here in the US. …have been shown to be accurate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santas-ho-ho-ho-called-insulting-to-women/426531.md?page=2)