When I was about 2 or 3 I went to see The Nightmare Before Christmas, and from then on I thought Jack the Pumpkin King was really Santa, and that he liked me so much he gave me nice presents instead of scary ones.
A childhood belief about father christmas

others believed things like this
- when i was little i thought that jesus delivered presents on christmas not santa .— gaby
- I used to believe that if I ate pumpkin, I would change into Cindrella. So I was always ate pumpkin.— Mine
- 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,i used to believe that Santa claus drove a car and all the presents were in the boot— narration
- I used to believe that at Christmas if your house never had a chimney then santa came through your letter box— Rhys James
- I used to put a camera along my fireplace on Christmas Eve in hopes to tape Santa.Anon