At a young age I met 'Santa' who asked me if I had been a good little boy. I turned to my mother, incredulous. "Isn't he supposed to know that?"
A childhood belief about father christmas

others believed things like this
- My Mother used to tell me only the good die young and I would live to be 100+ years old because I was bad.— William
- My mother told me when i was 5 that Santa wouldn't come if i kept sucking my thumb. — Traumatized
- when i was young i was told that if i played with or turned my belly button that my bum would fall off — lee hull
- My mother, the good Catholic, thought that Jesus, being a string bean (supreme being) was really skinny.— Mark D
- I used to believe that Santa Ana winds actually came from the city of Santa Ana, CA— Fishfood
- My mother told me when I was young that thunder was from God bowling!— K.G.