I used to believe in Santa Clause... Probably. I don't remember believing in him, I was always a smart kid and worked it out when I was VERY young (In class one I think, at the age of four... but I could be wrong) but kept going with it coz, hey, prezzies! But one day... When I was about 7 or so, I saw the film Gremlins! (Always reminds me of the Critters group... Now THERE are good films!) Anyway. In this film, an actress mentions her father climbing down the chimney in the guise of Santa and slipping and dying. For a week or so, I was terrified of being in front of the fireplace, and any bad smells... a CORPSE! But luckily, no. I soon told mum I knew Santa wasn't real though. After all, I was just as scared that my Dad would try to climb down the chimney. We have a chimney top with two thin tubes at the top of the chimney instead of an opening... but I was worried he would remove them. I continued to get presents from 'Santa' in a big sack for several more years though.
A childhood belief about father christmas
others believed things like this
- Until i was 8, I believed that, If you didn't have a chimney, Santa Clause would come in through the toilet.— Maya
- I used to believe that santa had a spare key to our house because we had no chimney.— Karl Andrade (Bombay, India)
- I used to believe that at Christmas if your house never had a chimney then santa came through your letter box— Rhys James
- We didn't have a chimney in our house. Father Christmas had to come in through the letter box.— Ginnean
- I used to believe that clouds were made from a factory chimney that was south of my home town. — bynbyn
- i used to believe santa clause was god, and i prayed to him— chelsea bann