With April Fool's Day around the corner I suppose some of you guys are already planning something. But do you all really know it's origins?
It has been suggested that Europe derived its April-fooling from the French. France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day (which was already celebrated by many), by decree of Charles IX. This was in 1564, even before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar (See Julian start of the year). Thus the New Year's gifts and visits of felicitation which had been the feature of the 1st of April became associated with the first day of January, and those who disliked or did not hear about the change were fair game for those wits who amused themselves by sending mock presents and paying calls of pretended ceremony on the 1st of April. French and Dutch references from 1508 and 1539 respectively describe April Fools' Day jokes and the custom of making them on the first of April.
I know that April Fool's Day is meant to be a day of jokes so please don't pull off non-funny or sickening pranks. Go check out this page to see what I mean.
~multum in parvo~
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The fool speaks of April's Fool.
JKS!
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