Citations:asantaist

a person who does not believe in Santa Claus

• 1997 February 6, Jason and Heather, “WHY does a GOD of LOVE send MAN to HELL?”, in rec.music.christian‎^[1] (Usenet):

  Asantaists have their own philosophy. They are zealous about their belief in disbelief.

• 2002 May 10, Frank Furter, “Message to atheists”, in alt.religion‎^[2] (Usenet):

  Now, to tell someone that a Asantaist does not exist, or there can be no such thing as an Asantaist, because all people must believe in Santa Claus is just as idiotic and insane as saying it is not possible for anyone to not believe in a god!

• 2007 July 29, Scott Richter, “Re: Why are asantaists afraid of the supernatural?”, in alt.atheism‎^[3] (Usenet):

  What is it about the supernatural that scares asantaists?

• 2007 October 15, Paul Pearsall, Awe: The Delights and Dangers of Our Eleventh Emotion‎^[4], Health Communications, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 43:

  "He's not on our time system," said one little girl brought almost to tears by the relentless challenge to her beliefs by a staunch a-Santa-ist.

• 2009 December 28, James F. McGrath, “Opposing Militant Asantaists”, in Religious Prof‎^[5], Patheos:
• 2011 October 24, ShaunPhilly, “Mere Atheism”, in Skepticism, Properly Applied‎^[6]:

  I do think there will be a time when identifying as an atheist will no longer have a use (it will still be true, but only useful in the way that identifying as an a-Santa-ist is now).

• 2012 September 15, James A. Lindsay, God Doesn't; We Do: Only Humans Can Solve Human Challenges‎^[7], CreateSpace, →ISBN, page 55:

  It is just an unfortunate title for people that do not believe in supernatural gods, and it is a title that should be every bit as unnecessary as a-Santa-ist or a-faerie-ist.

• 2014 November 5, “Some respect please ......”, in News24‎^[8]:

  If say a Santa believer posts an article saying he/she believes Santa exists; or a non-Santa believer (Asantaist if you really want to use the term) posts something on that Santa doesn't exist; I see many a low comment flying about.

• 2016 January 30, Nicholas Bittner, The Roads Around Religion‎^[9], Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 11:

  Nearly everyone but small children are asantaists, while the same is true of aunicornists — even if they have never once decided as an absolute fact, or even as a matter of faith, that unicorns do not exist.

• 2017 December 20, Rationality Rules, 1:07 from the start, in Debate with a Santa Fundamentalist: Ridiculous Reasoning Ep1‎^[10], via YouTube:

  You asantaists really are blind, aren't you? Only Santa could've bestowed such 'gifts'.