My mom used to wrap our presents and put them under the tree as she bought them. This, of course, made my brother, my sister, and myself question the existence of Santa. When asked about it, my mom said that there were just rocks in the boxes and that Santa came around to put the real presents in on Christmas Eve. This was, apparently, a completely reasonable explanation for us that we accepted for years to come.
A childhood belief about father christmas

others believed things like this
- when i was little i thought that jesus delivered presents on christmas not santa .— gaby
- when i was a child,i used to believe that Santa claus drove a car and all the presents were in the boot— narration
- 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 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
- I used to believe that Santa Ana winds actually came from the city of Santa Ana, CA— Fishfood