I used to believe that Christmas happened every once in a while because people decided to put up lights.
I never connected it with years or anything.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I was told that for every christmas carol i sang before christmas time santa would give me one less present!— K
- I used to believe reindeer made it rain because for many years it rained on christmas eve night.Anon
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- I used to belive there were people under the traffic lights, otherwise they wouldn't work...Anon
- I thought that 1983 went on for 3 years - had to ask my sister who decided how long a year lasted.— Sally