My mom was frequently laid off from work around Christmastime when I was a kid. I never understood why she was so worried about financial stuff around Christmas. She explained to me that Santa made the gifts himself and brought them for free, but she had to pay the post office a fee for him to deliver them.
A childhood belief about father christmas

others believed things like this
- My uncle once said that elves were really badchildren made to work in santa's work shop— Some guy
- I used to believe viagra was a mint and that it was an everyday mint you could buy from the post office!!!— Bartoner
- I thought Santa was going to be sent to jail for stealing gifts from Toys R Us.— Sandy
- 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 cows laid beef, like the way chickens laid eggsAnon
- I used to believe that at Christmas if your house never had a chimney then santa came through your letter box— Rhys James