



This is also around when April fool came to refer to the trick itself. Early records of the holiday from the 1700s declare it April Fool Day, with an apostrophized April Fools’ Day recorded by the 1800s. Although the day has been observed for centuries, its true origins. The term April fool, for a victim of an April Fools’ Day prank, dates back to the 1600s. It received its name from the custom of playing practical jokes on this dayfor example, telling friends that their shoelaces are untied or sending them on so-called fools’ errands. Because Easter was a lunar and therefore moveable date, those who clung to the old ways were the “April Fools.” Others have suggested that the timing of the day may be related to the vernal equinox (March 21), a time when people are fooled by sudden changes in the weather. April Fools’ Day, also called All Fools’ Day, in most countries the first day of April. As per Britannica, "Some have proposed that the modern custom originated in France, officially with the Edict of Roussillon (promulgated in August 1564), in which Charles IX decreed that the new year would no longer begin on Easter, as had been common throughout Christendom, but rather on January 1. However, some people continued to observe April 1 as the new year and hence became the target of mockery and ridicule by those who followed the new Gregorian calendar. Of the several theories that explain the celebration of April Fools' day, the most prevalent one is that in the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian calendar, January 1 became the new year. We all are aware that April Fools' day is observed on the first day of the month, but do you know why it is celebrated on this day? What is the story behind celebrating fools' day? And above all why this particular day? It is difficult to find the roots of April Fools' day, but going with the information available on this celebration it is seen that April Fools' day has been observed in the United Kingdom for at least 200 years. The time of the year has come to start the celebration again. We prank our friends, younger ones and even sometimes elders in a healthy manner. We have grown up celebrating April Fools' day or even April Fools' month.
