When I was little, I used to believe that if you weren't asleep when Santa came he would send his elves down the chimney to poke out your eyes with their pointy shoes. Nightmares for weeks after Christmas until my dad finally convinced me he was joking.
A childhood belief about father christmas
others believed things like this
- 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 believe that santa had a spare key to our house because we had no chimney.— Karl Andrade (Bombay, India)
- Until i was 8, I believed that, If you didn't have a chimney, Santa Clause would come in through the toilet.— Maya
- We didn't have a chimney in our house. Father Christmas had to come in through the letter box.— Ginnean
- 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