When I was a kid and my birthday was just around the corner, my mom told me that the hospital called and got my birth-year wrong, and that I was in fact a year younger than we thought. I cried for hours before I realized that she would know what year I was born, seeing as she was there.
A childhood belief about birthdays

others believed things like this
- i used to think that if i didn't celebrate my birthday each year my younger sister would catch up with me— q
- 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 thought I got one year older when my family sang the birthday song.— I am the ghost
- My birthday was on a different day every year, assigned by my parentsAnon
- Abba - Happy New Year
"Kangaroo year,
Kangaroo year..."— Santa Puncher