One New Years Eve when I was small, my mother came up to talk me into bed, and as she left the room she called "see you next year". I started crying and shouted "Why? Where are you going till then?" thinking she was going away for a year!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that all the first names of judges was Justice till I was doing my 4th high school year.— Tafadzwa
- I used to believe that when we left a room the TV set started to speak about other things — Nur
- Abba - Happy New Year
"Kangaroo year,
Kangaroo year..."— Santa Puncher - My wife thought she was Elvis mother when she was 4. It was 1977 the same year he died. — sister vanilla
- I used to believe that people born on leap year would only age once every 4 yearsAnon
- I thought that 1983 went on for 3 years - had to ask my sister who decided how long a year lasted.— Sally