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April Fools Day,Introduce,April Fools Day or All Fools Day,though not a holiday in its own right,is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1.The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends and neighbors,or sending them on fools errands,the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible.In some countries,April Fools jokes(also called April Fools)are only made before midday.,Origin,Once upon a time,back in 16th-century France,people celebrated New Years Day on March 25,the advent of spring.It was a festive time.They partied steadily until April 1.In 1564,when the calendar reformed and became Gregorian,King Charles IX proclaimed,that New Years Day should be celebrated on January 1 instead of in the spring.Diehard conservatives resisted the change(or perhaps didnt hear about it)and continued to celebrate New Years from March 25 to April 1.,During this period of spring festivity,the more flexible French mocked the rigid revelers by sending them foolish gifts and invitations to non-existent parties.April Fools Day hit its stride in England in the 18th century,and was brought to colonial America by the English,Scottish,and French.This story might explain why April 1st specifically became the date of the modern holiday.,custom,Each country celebrates April Fools Day differently.In France,people call the April Fools“April Fish”.They tape a paper fish to their friends backs to fool them.When he or she finds this,they shout“April Fish!”.In England,people play jokes only in the morning.You are a“noodle”if someone fools you.In Scotland,April Fools Day is 48 hours long.They call an April Fool“April Gowk”.Gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird.In the America,people play small jokes on their friends and any other people on the first of April.They may point down to your shoe and say,“Your shoelace is untied.”If you believe them and look down to see,you are an April Fool then.,Well-known hoaxes,Spaghetti trees:The BBC television programme Panorama ran a famous hoax in 1957,showing the Swiss harvesting spaghetti from trees.They had claimed that the despised pest the spaghetti wevil had been eradicated.A large number of people contacted the BBC wanting to know how to cultivate their own spaghetti trees.,Now on this day people are sent on purpose for pure merriment.If someone play a joke on you,please dont angry,dismiss with a laugh on the day!,The end,Thank you!,