When I was 2 and a half. I had to have a "birthday" party because I couldn't remember my birthday when I turned 2. My parents agreed and bought hostess cupcakes and my mom put a candle in mine and lit it. I started to cry because my cake was on fire!
A childhood belief about birthdays

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that on your birthday, you didn't advance to your next age until you ate your birthday cake.— Casi
- my friend used to believe that the swirly icing on hostess cupcakes was her name written in script ;]— Mrs. L
- My parents have the same birthday -- month, day, and year. I though all mom's and dad's had the same birthday.— Cait
- I used to believe that all dessert was birthday cake.— David
- When I was a teenager, I used to believe that someone's name-day occured as half-birthday.— Marcas
- Up until I was almost 11, I thought that a birthday suit was a special outfit you wore only on your birthdayAnon