I used to believe that people who resolved to quit smoking "cold turkey" as a New Year's resolution chose the timing because of all the cold turkey left over from Christmas.
A childhood belief about smoking

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you could quit smoking by eating cold turkey:)— Loren
- I thought people from Turkey actually praised turkeys...Anon
- Up until I was 10 I used to believe turkey was vegetarian.Anon
- I used to think Hungary and Turkey were the same country... I have no idea where that came from...— Skylla
- I used to believe Turkey day was a Turkish holiday. Then why are we celebrating it in America?— Lecia
- When I was 5 years old, I used to believe Poland was snowy and cold all year round, like the North Pole. — Sara