Why 'Santa Pod'

[Julian Hunt]

My Dad keeps asking me why is Santa Pod called Santa Pod, everytime I see him "have you found out yet?"

So, does anyone know?

Pod I guess because it's in Poddington but where does Santa come in to it?

[Mark V8]

Once a year, on the 25th of December of course !

[Ordinary Bloke]

Wiki knows everything: "The track was named Santa Pod after the Santa Ana strip in America, combined with the name of the local village of Podington"

[Jon C]

Also, many of the USAF airmen based there came from the Santa Ana area, and in order to make the place a little more homely, they referred to the place as Santa Pod as long ago as the early 1940's

[veryoldfart]

Mark V8 said:

Once a year, on the 25th of December of course !

santa comes but once a year.....