April Fools' Day is celebrated in different countries around the world on
April 1 every year. Sometimes referred to as
All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a
national holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when many people play all kinds of
jokes and foolishness. The day is marked by the commission of good-humoured or otherwise funny jokes,
hoaxes, and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, work associates, etc.
The earliest recorded association between April 1 and foolishness can be found in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1392). Many writers suggest that the restoration of January 1 as New Year's Day in the 16th century was responsible for the creation of the holiday, but this theory does not explain earlier references.
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