For all intents and purposes, April Fool’s Day or All Fool’s Day, isn’t even a real a holiday in its own right. This day, however, commissions pranks from the entire world, delivered almost maliciously on all and sundry.
There is much dispute regarding the origin of this custom, although a seeming certainty is that it is definitely in some way a relic of universal festivities held at the vernal equinox. These festivals were held from the beginning of the old New Year’s Day, March 25, until April 2.
France was one of the first nations to make January 1 the official New Year, and celebrations that were therefore earmarked for April 1, were celebrated on January 1.
Those who were oblivious to this change in dates and those who knew of this alteration but disliked it and thereby boycotted January 1 as the New Year, became fair wits for those who entertained themselves by sending false gifts and paying calls of pretended ceremony on April 1. While the story behind the tradition is itself lost on most people, the tradition receives its full due even to this day today in 2007.
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