In Switzerland our Santa Clause comes for a visit on 6th of December and you get either treats if you were good all year or you get a whip (you don't get hit but he actually gives you the whip as a symbol, though of course all the kids always get the treats, usually a boot filled with clementines, peanuts, chocolate, etc.) Santa Clause checks if you were good in a really large book, where all the children's names are supposed to be written.
My grandfather has a white beard, a deep voice and in his sitting room there is a very large, old book, so, naturally, I believed he was Santa Clause until it turned out the book was an illustrated Bible from the 17th century...
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
- 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
- i used to believe santa clause was god, and i prayed to him— chelsea bann
- my parents were hippies and I use to beleive that Jerry Garcia was SAnta Clause. — Melissa