DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

   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

  The first of April isn't just another ordinary day.  Also known as April Fool's Day or All Fool's Day .  It is celebrated in a number of countries including America, the United Kingdom, France and Germany.    The origin of April Fool's Day is actually any body's guess, but it is known that it came to England from France or Germany in the mid 17th century.  At one time April 1st coincided with the New Year and was celebrated as such until 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII ordered the new Gregorian Calendar to replace the Julian Calendar.  With there being no computers, telephones and other speedy forms of communicating, word did not travel very fast in those days and therefore many people continued to celebrate New Years Day on April 1st, while some rebelled against this change in their old traditions.    With some embracing a new system and others fighting progress it is thought that those following the new system mocked the others who were behind the ti

  April Fool's Day is the one day of the year that serious minded people can go crazy without criticism.  Over the years there have been many great hoaxes that have occurred on or around this day of the year.  The Museum of Hoaxes put together a list of 100, this is a list of the top 15. In 1982, the Daily Mail reported that a local manufacturer had sold 10,000 "rogue bras" that were causing a unique and unprecedented problem, not to the wearers but to the public at large.  Apparently the support wire in these bras had been made out of a kind of copper originally designed for use in fire alarms.  When this copper came into contact with nylon and body heat, it produced static electricity which, in turn, was interfering with local television and radio broadcasts.  The chief engineer of British Telecom, upon reading the article, immediately ordered that all his female laboratory employees disclose what type of bra they were wearing.  

   There is a holiday for every day in April.  For some days, there are even two.  Here is how you can celebrate at least one every day in the month of April. April 1st, National Fun Day -It's also April Fools Day, which is why it is such a fun day. April 2nd, Reconciliation Day -This day doesn't sound like much fun, but who knows...you could end up with a new-old friend. April 3rd, Tangible Karma Day -Have you ever watched "My Name is Earl ?"  Make a list of all the bad things you have done and fix them or Karma will make bad things happen to you. April 4th, Victims of Violence Wholly Day -Befriend a victim of violence and do something nice for that person. April 5th, National Deep Dish Pizza Day -Sounds like a delicious holiday.  I bet Domino's will be busy on this day. April 6th, Drowsy Driver Awareness Day -If you are a drowsy driver, make everyone aware of the fact.  You wouldn't want to hurt anyone.