I know I'm writing about National Weeks this year, but I thought it would be fun to do a little research on April Fool's Day.
April Fool's Day is celebrated on April 1st and is a great day to play practical jokes on friends and/or family. Some of the classic April Fool's jokes include: caramel covered onion and a fake dog poop in odd locations.
The trick to pulling off a good April Fool's joke is all in the planning. You have to be the first one to pull the prank that day otherwise the person will be on alert for other tricks. Some tricksters will go to great lengths to fool others.
I did a little digging to try and find out the history of the day. I mean, April Fool's Day was such a classic day when I was a kid. How did this day come about?
Some believe that when they made the move to the Gregorian Calendar, moving the first day of the year to January 1 (as opposed to April 1) that those who celebrated on April 1 would be called April fish and pranks would be played on them.
There are others that believed it is due to how Mother Nature plays tricks on us during this time of year with the weather. I can see that with the weather we have been having here lately. One day it's 68F and sunny and the next day it's 32F and snowing.
Apparently, there is a reference in Britain in 1776 in a written publication about a custom of making fun of people on the first day of April. It references this day as the ending of the 8 day feast and the first day of the new year.
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