April Fools Day

April Fools Day

• April fools takes place on April 1st of each year.  

• The purpose of April Fools day is to joke around and prank people in a funny way

• The timing of this day of pranks seems to be related to the arrival of spring, when nature "fools" mankind with fickle weather, according to the Encyclopedia of Religion and the Encyclopedia Britannica. Another theory is Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull decreeing a new standard calendar for Christian Europe that would take his name and centuries later become the standard internationally in the 21st century.

• The Pros of April Fools day are that people get a laugh and cheer up. Some cons are that some one may be hurt during a prank either physically or emotionally.