Fools day

We also celebrate what we call "April Fools Day" and it is usually celebrated on the 1st of every April. It's a day for jokes and fun, I personally haven't taken advantage of this day for a while, I can't recall the last time I did a joke on anyone, but since I actually tend to forget what that day is all about, I am normally the one that gets fooled. So I guess the joke is on me...

I think we also celebrate it here in the Philippines in the first on April. I think some people do this but not much. I tried making fun of people every April 1 but those which won't cause much harm.LOL. I usually do tricks to my relatives; my mother and my father most especially, and rarely to other people since I don't want other people shouting at me. Though making fun during that day should be legal, some people just can't understand that it is allowed to do stupid things on that day. =)

In Roman times, Saturnalia was a week-long midwinter festival and one of the traditions was to have a part of the festival (apparently from the 17th to the 23rd of December) when a commoner was elected (to represent Saturn) to rule over the festivities and, sometimes, servants and slaves were waited on by their employers or owners. This custom was taken on by the Catholic church (as many pagan customs were) and became known by different names in different countries. Besides the secular election of a 'Lord of Misrule', there was also a custom of electing a boy Bishop. Although it was officially suppressed by the Council of Basel in 1431, it certainly survived in England until the mid 1500's. It clearly also survived in Spain and also in some of the Spanish-speaking colonies. It isn't clear why or exactly when the celebration of All Fool's day changed to April 1st in many countries. It seems to be first mentioned, however, after the banning of the December custom. In Britain it is called 'All Fools' Day' or 'April Fools' Day' and in France (and, I believe, Italy) it is called 'April Fish' (poisson d'avril) and chocolate fish are sold and given as gifts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Misrule http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day

Hello ricextreme. Fools Day is celebrated here in Slovakia too. However, it is on 1st of April. I think that it is the same date as Fools Day in USA. It also manifests by people playing jokes on each other. Sadly, these jokes are often childish and sometimes even health and life threatenning.