When is April Fool's Day in the West?

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April Fool's Day (April Fool's Day or April Fool's Day) is also called April Fool's Day and Humor Day. April Fool's Day falls on 1 day of the Gregorian calendar, which is a popular folk festival in the west since19th century. No country regards it as a legal holiday.

April 1 day is a traditional western folk festival-April Fool's Day, also known as April Fool's Day. There are different opinions about its origin: one is that this custom originated from the "Interpretation Festival" in India. This section stipulates that on the festival day of March 3 1 every year, couples fool and cheat each other for entertainment. More generally speaking, it originated in France. 1582, France first adopted a newly reformed calendar-Gregorian calendar (that is, the universal Gregorian calendar), which started with 1 month 1 day, and changed the previous calendar that started with April 1 day as the New Year. During the implementation of the new calendar, some conformists opposed this reform, still followed the old calendar and refused to update it.

They still give gifts to each other and organize activities to celebrate the New Year on April 1 day. Reform advocates mocked these old-school practices. Smart and interesting people send fake gifts to die-hards on April 1 day, invite them to participate in fake celebrations, and call these fooled people "April fools" or "hooked fish" Later, they fooled each other on this day, which became a popular custom in France as time went on. This festival spread to Britain in the18th century, and was later brought to the United States by early British immigrants.