When my little sister was about 4, she overheard my mother comment, "It's getting close to Christmas. We really should give Sandy a call." - being our cousin Sandy. Well, my sister thought she said Santa and was crazy with excitement that she would get to talk to Santa on the phone. When she never did, she was terribly disappointed and we didn't figure the whole thing out till a few days after Christmas.
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
- when i was little i thought that jesus delivered presents on christmas not santa .— gaby
- 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
- When i was 6 years old i had a dog named Sandy. And i thought she was made of Sand.— Billy Bob Joe
- I always wanted to use the telephone to call Jesus, Santa and Superman— Alex Burghart