I believed that Father Christmas was a very special postman who had a very big late delivery. I therefore believed the "Santa" gifts were from Jesus as it was his birthday & he was kindly giving children presents to celebrate. (My dad was a postman at the time!)
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 little, I used to send Jesus birthday cards on christmas and thought he would read them in heaven.Anon
- I believed that garage sales were on a special day, like christmas or the fourth of July or something.— Cara
- I was told that for every christmas carol i sang before christmas time santa would give me one less present!— K
- that we celebrate New Year's because it is the day that Jesus had his brit (circumcision)Anon
- i used to think that if i didn't celebrate my birthday each year my younger sister would catch up with me— q