Different Views On How April Fools Day Started
Which April Fools Theory Do You Believe?
April Fools is also celebrated
in some Latin American countries, such as Peru and
Colombia. It is celebrated on December 28, hence its
name is not "April Fools" . It is called "Dia de los
Inocentes" which in English it would be "The Candids'
Day". The pranks are the same.
The first of April is recognized as a
day of pranks not only in the United States, but
also in France, Germany, and Great Britain. In
India, the feast of Huli occurs in March. The final
day of Huli is March 31, and is traditionally
celebrated by acts of mischief. In France, a fool is
sometimes called a "poisson d'Avril" (April fish).
In Scotland, a fool is called an "April gowk" or
"April cuckoo".
On the way in to work this
morning, they said on the radio that April Fools
started back when they changed the calendar. They
said at one point people used to celebrate the new
year in April. When the new year was changed to
January, they called the people who continued to
celebrate the new year in April, April Fools. Don't
know if it's true...just what I heard.
It seems that it had no definite
starting point, like Christmas or 4th of July.
Rather, April Fools Day appears to have had a slow
evolution toward modern day. It seems to be the
result of the convergence of various cultural
beliefs and practices which held a common theme, the
emergence from the doldrums of winter.
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