Once, my Dad told me that you werent a year older untill you ate your birthday cake when I refused to eat it one year!
A childhood belief about birthdays

others believed things like this
- i thought I got one year older when my family sang the birthday song.— I am the ghost
- iwas told that if u cry on your birthday you would not get any bigger 4 a whole year— steve
- 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 on your birthday, you didn't advance to your next age until you ate your birthday cake.— Casi
- My birthday was on a different day every year, assigned by my parentsAnon
- I used to think that your birthday changed every year, and that your parents just decided what day it was.— Daniel