One year at Christmas, my parents were tired of being woken at the wee hours of the morning, so my father told us a little white lie. He actually told us that there had been SO MANY children born in China in the past year that Santa could not POSSIBLY make it to our house before 8 a.m. that year, and that we needed to stay in bed until then. I don't remember anymore whether or not it worked.
My father had all kinds of Santa stories - look for the one about beer and salami below!
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
- I used to believe that at Christmas if your house never had a chimney then santa came through your letter box— Rhys James
- Abba - Happy New Year
"Kangaroo year,
Kangaroo year..."— Santa Puncher - We didn't have a chimney in our house. Father Christmas had to come in through the letter box.— Ginnean
- I believed that Robins hibernated throughout the year and only came out at christmas. Anon
- When i was child, i used to think my father was my father christmas.— BeB's