I was a confused child.
I was terrified of christmas, the very THOUGHT of a big scary fat old guy coming into our house at night horrified me!
I always double-checked that all the doors were locked on Christmas, and I was shocked my parents would let strangers come into our house!!!
A childhood belief about father christmas
others believed things like this
- 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 was told that for every christmas carol i sang before christmas time santa would give me one less present!— K
- On Christmas Eve all the animals are able to talk but only for that night!Anon
- I used to believe reindeer made it rain because for many years it rained on christmas eve night.Anon
- I used to believe that when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon