I was born on Halloween, and until I was about 10 or 11 I used to believe that the costumes, trick or treating, parade, etc. were all in honor of ME.
A childhood belief about birthdays

others believed things like this
- When I was a kid I used to believe that cartoons were people dressed up in special costumes.— Sarah-Jane
- I once believed that if I wore my Halloween costume to bed, I'd wake up as the actual thing.— Sarah
- I used to believe that I was older than my brother because I was born in June and he was born in OctoberAnon
- I used to believe that a hat trick in football was achieved when a player scored a goal with their head!— Andy
- i believe that if im born in december im older then people born in may— runawayfox16
- I thought that you were born at a certain age. I thought my Nanna was born that big and old. :-)— Hillie