When my brothers and I were kids (really young, probably kindergarten age) my grandpa told us Santa Clause committed suicide and he found him in a dumpster. We really thought there would be no more Christmas.
Yup, my mom sure was mad at him.
A childhood belief about father christmas

others believed things like this
- i work with kids......and this one kid tole me that claustrophobia was the fear of Santa clause Anon
- I was told that for every christmas carol i sang before christmas time santa would give me one less present!— K
- i used to believe santa clause was god, and i prayed to him— chelsea bann
- When i lived in texas i believed the UPS guys were Santa Clause— Lauren
- I believed that Santa Clause lived on the moon. I mean how else could he see you when you was sleeping? — danger101
- Until i was 8, I believed that, If you didn't have a chimney, Santa Clause would come in through the toilet.— Maya