My dad used to tell my brother and I that the reason Santa's elves shoes were pointy was to poke out the eyes of any boys or girls who caught him delivering presents. Needless to say we were in bed asleep through the night on Christmas eve in order to keep our eye balls intact.
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
- 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 the ^^ emoticon referred to 2 pointy ears like a cat, instead of closed eyes.Anon
- when i was a child,i used to believe that Santa claus drove a car and all the presents were in the boot— narration
- My uncle once said that elves were really badchildren made to work in santa's work shop— Some guy
- I thought that the difference between girls and boys was that girls have teeth.
Anon