On my 5th birthday, my parents took me to see Santa. He gave me a balloon, and told me to leave it out for Santa to blow up on Christmas Eve. Sure enough, it was blown up. My parents were estatic (very bad acting), but they didn't know I had seen the thread holding up Santa's beard. :(
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
- My parents told me that Jesus visited Santa Claus when he was dead for three days. — Rick Hamell
- I used to believe that Santa Ana winds actually came from the city of Santa Ana, CA— Fishfood
- i used to believe that a elf familly lived on my window, long after a new my parents were Santa Claus— anna
- my parents were hippies and I use to beleive that Jerry Garcia was SAnta Clause. — Melissa
- I used to believe that at Christmas if your house never had a chimney then santa came through your letter box— Rhys James