When I was a small child, I always wondered how Father Christmas knew whether or not you were naughty. My mother told me that Father Christmas knew because the Sandman tipped him off (the Sandman being the fairy that makes you fall asleep every night).
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
- 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
- We didn't have a chimney in our house. Father Christmas had to come in through the letter box.— Ginnean
- I was told that for every christmas carol i sang before christmas time santa would give me one less present!— K
- When I was a child my father warned me that if i picked my nose, my eye would fall out!— ras