The Canadian singer said that he was warned at a young age that the big man was a myth because mother Pattie Mallette wanted to gain his trust.
“My mum always told me there wasn't a Santa,” he told AOL Music. “This was her logic. She thought if I grew up knowing about Santa then finding out he wasn’t real, that it would be like she was lying to me. And then when she told me about God, I maybe wouldn’t believe her.
“So she just wanted to be straight-up and honest with me all the time. But I didn’t tell my friends or ruin it for anyone - I was a good kid!”