April fools Day

        On 1st April, every year, people celebrates April fools day and on that day people intentionally creates scenes to fool others and they spare nobody whether they are their friends, relatives or unknown persons. When April fools days started? How it began? What is the history of April fool’s Day? As per information available relating to April Fools’ Day, is below coded –      An observance which takes place in many western countries every April 1, traditionally known as April Fools' Day or April Fish — in France. It's a day when humor reigns and harmless pranks, practical jokes, and hoaxes are sanctioned. Customary practices range from simple tricks played on friends, family, and coworkers to elaborate media hoaxes concocted for mass consumption. In 1708 a correspondent wrote in to the British Apollo magazine to ask, “Whence precedes the custom of making April Fools?” The question is one that many people are still asking today. The puzzle that April Fool’s Day presents to cultural historians is that it was only during the eighteenth century that detailed references to it and curiosity about it began to appear. But at that time, the custom was already well established throughout northern Europe and was regarded as being of great antiquity.
France: In 1564 France reformed its calendar, moving the start of the year from the end of March to January 1. Those who failed to keep up with the change, which stubbornly clung to the old calendar system and continued to celebrate the New Year during the week that fell between March 25th and April 1st, had jokes played on them. Pranksters would surreptitiously stick paper fish to their backs. The victims of this prank were thus called April Fish—which, to this day, remains the French term for April Fools—and so the tradition was born.
German: On April 1, 1530 a meeting of lawmakers was supposed to occur in Augsburg in order to consider various financial matters. Because of time considerations, the meeting did not take place. But numerous speculators, who had bet on the meeting occurring, lost their money and were ridiculed. This is said to have been the origin of the tradition of playing pranks on April 1.
       Instead of going through the history books and looking for when and how April fools day started, I think it’s better to enjoy and celebrates the April fools day, as in today’s busy, fast and tough life people get very rear time and chance when they enjoy lighter moments in their lives and targeted person does not take any prank or joke personally.