April Fool's Day is rapidly approaching, and April Fool's celebrations will be occurring all around the world. But not all April Fool's Day celebrations will be the same; April Fool's Day in one country is often quite different than in another. April Fool's Day in the U.S. is usually a day of trickery, pranks and outrageous stunts. The media becomes involved, running bogus news stories or promoting false products. The April Fool's Day celebrations can occur any time of the day and can be as simple or complex as the trickster wishes. The victim of the prank is supposed to maintain good humor about it, and traditionally he or she will attract bad luck by getting upset about he prank. April Fool's Day in France is traditionally call Poisson d'Avril , which translates to "April Fish". The term refers to the fish that are recently hatches and therefore naive and easy to catch. The traditional April Fish prank in France is to tape a fi
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