Alphin C. Tom

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, enemies and neighbors, or sending them on fools' errands, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. Traditionally, in some countries, the jokes only last until noon. If you play a trick on someone after this time you are the April Fool . [1] Elsewhere, for example in France, the jokes may last all day. Origin The origins of this custom are complex and a matter of much debate. It is likely a relic of the once common festivities held on the vernal equinox , which began on the 25th of March, old New Year's Day, and ended on the 2nd of April. Though the 1st of April appears to have been observed as a general festival in Great Britain in antiquity, it was apparently not until the beginning of the 18th century that the making o