One day, when I was a child, I had the hic-cups. It was maybe, 15 days before Christmas. My mother told me at dinner, the father Christmas had had an accident, so he couldn't come this year. I was petrified, and my hic-cups went.
A childhood belief about father christmas

others believed things like this
- When i was child, i used to think my father was my father christmas.— BeB's
- 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 drinking cups of viniger would make you grow big and strong— en
- When I was 8, I made a plan to become rich by selling cups and magazines from my house.— Kevin
- Do you really mean to tell me that father Christmas is a myth?
Finally......— Peter (Aged 70) - I used to think that Father Christmas stole toys from Smyths.— Shovel Tem