We never sent Santa a Christmas list. (I guess Mom thought it was a waste of a stamp.) We left our lists under the tree. I suppose Santa carried a big enough inventory to deliver what we wanted.
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
- when i was little i thought that jesus delivered presents on christmas not santa .— gaby
- I used to believe that at Christmas if your house never had a chimney then santa came through your letter box— Rhys James
- I used to put a camera along my fireplace on Christmas Eve in hopes to tape Santa.Anon
- I used to believe that Santa Ana winds actually came from the city of Santa Ana, CA— Fishfood
- I always wanted to use the telephone to call Jesus, Santa and Superman— Alex Burghart