We used to see Father Christmas at Bentalls Department Store in Kingston, I was reassured as they had lots of big vans so that he could deliver to absolutely everyone on Christmas eve!
It was years before I found that they also ran a removal and storage business.
A childhood belief about father christmas

others believed things like this
- I was told that for every christmas carol i sang before christmas time santa would give me one less present!— K
- Do you really mean to tell me that father Christmas is a myth?
Finally......— Peter (Aged 70) - When i was child, i used to think my father was my father christmas.— BeB's
- I used to think that Father Christmas stole toys from Smyths.— Shovel Tem
- We didn't have a chimney in our house. Father Christmas had to come in through the letter box.— Ginnean
- I used to believe reindeer made it rain because for many years it rained on christmas eve night.Anon