I share a room with my younger sister. For years she was terrified to get up and go to the bathroom on Christmas Eve night because she was afraid to she would see Santa, who she was scared to death of.
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 "Earwigs lived in your ears", scared
me to death for years.— Will Chapman - I used to believe reindeer made it rain because for many years it rained on christmas eve night.Anon
- When i was younger, i used to believe that the hanger in my room became a witch every night.— Laura
- My 6 years younger sister used to tell me that I was younger than her. She was just growing backwards.— Taryn
- I used to believe that at Christmas if your house never had a chimney then santa came through your letter box— Rhys James