I was born on July 2nd and because my family would all get together on the 4th, we would celebrate my birthday then. Every year we would end the day watching fireworks, and so for years I believed that the fireworks were my birthday present from God!
A childhood belief about birthdays

others believed things like this
- Since I was born on the 4th of July, I really thought the entire country celebrated my birthday.— -Stoddard
- i used to think that if i didn't celebrate my birthday each year my younger sister would catch up with me— q
- My parents have the same birthday -- month, day, and year. I though all mom's and dad's had the same birthday.— Cait
- i thought I got one year older when my family sang the birthday song.— I am the ghost
- Until I was well along in years I always thought our family was Irish because my dads birthday was March 17th— Gladys
- Up until I was almost 11, I thought that a birthday suit was a special outfit you wore only on your birthdayAnon