When I was little I thought that whatever was on the birthday card was the gift you were going to get - like if there was a duck on the card I thought I was going to get a duck for my birthday. I was always, always disappointed - especially if there was a pony on the card.
A childhood belief about birthdays

others believed things like this
- I thought a Debit card was actually called a Debt card.— Kilgore
- i thought that "aromatic" duck was actually "asthmatic" duck.
poor thing...— rachael - I always thought that duck sauce (from chinese restaurants) was duck poop.
— emily - I thought that a travel visa was a special credit card which was used for travellingAnon
- I thought that a "student visa" meant to use a credit card while travelling.Anon
- I used to believe that every religous Christmas card we recieved was sent to us by God.Anon