Art Lovers discussion

Just a question. Today is April 1...April Fools Day, at least for those in the USA. Does anyone in other parts of the world celebrate this holiday, or one similar to it?

"On this day in 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools’ Day by playing practical jokes on each other.

Although the day, also called All Fools’ Day, has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, its exact origins remain a mystery. Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes. These included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as “poisson d’avril” (April fish), said to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person.... http://www.history.com/this-day-in-hi...

In Mexico it is December 28th. Donald Trump yesterday called for making it a national holiday.

Geoffrey wrote: "In Mexico it is December 28th. Donald Trump yesterday called for making it a national holiday."

ugh

In Spain, as in Mexico, there is also a similar day on the 28th of December. It's called The Innocents.

Hmmmm. interesting Dvora. It's hard to discern which current Mexican customs derive from the indigenous and which from the Mother Country.