I used to believe that reindeers were made up, like Santa. As a cynical kid, I thought it was all part of the made-up Christmas package. Dragons: now there was an animal I could believe in.
I didn't find out they were real until Xmas 2007. I'm 19.
A childhood belief about general

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
- I used to believe Dragons were real like Dinosaurs. I found out the other day they weren't.. Haha. Anon
- when i was little i thought that jesus delivered presents on christmas not santa .— gaby
- I used to believe reindeer made it rain because for many years it rained on christmas eve night.Anon
- For the longest time I didn't know that Spinal Tap wasn't a real group. No wonder I couldn't find their music.— Louis
- I used to believe that at Christmas if your house never had a chimney then santa came through your letter box— Rhys James