[Glitterfy.com - *Glitter Words*]Here is something I read about how April Fool's Day was started ."More than any other day of the year, April 1 is the day for pranks, jokes, and foolish acts. A joke may be telling a person there is a hole in his sock or a smudge on her nose. As the victim looks for it, the trickster laughs and shouts "April Fool!" No one knows for sure how April Fool's Day started. The most common belief is that it began in France in the early 1500s. At that time, people observed New Year's Day on March 25. Celebrations lasted for a week, ending on April 1. On the last day of the celebration, people sent each other gifts or invited them to parties. Then in 1564, King Charles IX decided that New Year's Day should be January 1. Many people did not want to change to the new date they continued to celebrate the new year on April 1. Others thought these people were foolish or old-fashioned. They sent the foolish ones silly gifts or phony invitations to parties that never took place. The jokers thought this was great fun. They continued to play tricks on people on April 1, even after everyone in chance had changed to the New Year's date. As other countries switched to New Year's Day from April 1 to January 1, they, too, took up the custom of April fooling. April Fool's Day has been an American tradition from the time the first colonists came to settle in the New World. Though not a legal holiday, it's a special day when many people plan silly pranks and try to fool their friends."
