@playthebanjo
When I was like 5–7 I was tempted to eat off the plate. For the most part, however, it was not condoned…
And I just remembered another tradition (albeit short lived)
When I was little (3ish) my family would play this tape to wake me up when it was my birthday. It was a tape that you could buy that was standardized to include someone’s name in a song. So mine said “Hey Steve, it’s your birthday today!” -(my name is Stephen).
Anyways, one day I wasn’t waking up for school so my brother maliciously played the tape to get me up. I woke up excited that it was my birthday when in fact I had to go to school.