At some point when I was very young, I came to the conclusion that the phrase "hurt like the Dickens" was associated with Charles Dickens and that he was a wicked man. Eventually, this mutated into a belief that A Christmas Carol was autobiographical and that Charles was Scrooge (only he hadn't become nice in the end like the character in the book). Later, in the 3rd grade, I was asked to give a report on Charles Dickens based on an illustrated book for children about the man. Thinking I already knew everything I needed to know about him from seeing the film version of A Christmas Carol, I winged it. I found myself in front of the class telling everyone that Charles Dickens was an evil man who didn't pay his workers very well and hated handicapped kids. At one point I got Scrooge confused with the Grinch and told everyone that Charles Dickens stole children's toys and abused his dog.
A childhood belief about history
others believed things like this
- my mum told me that it was prince charles who was in the Bungle costume on Rainbow.— lm
- I used to think that Stevie Wonder was Ray Charles son. Must have been the glasses....— beatrix
- I was told that for every christmas carol i sang before christmas time santa would give me one less present!— K
- I used to think that Father Christmas stole toys from Smyths.— Shovel Tem
- I thought that Ted Bundy was a character on "Married With Children."— Patrick
- I used to beleive that if you point at a graveyard, it would point back!!(whatever that meant)— scary ashley