APRIL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVCTkpVX2Y England  January 1st  April  Philadelphia calendar  fools prank  noon Fill in the blanks: April Fools’ Day or All Fools’ Day is one day of the year when you're allowed to mercilessly your friends, family and co-workers How exactly did this day come about? We don’t actually know for sure what started the celebration of April Fools’ Day Evidences can be found as early as 1500 but these accounts are infrequent and not very detailed The most popular theory is that it began around 1582 in France during the reformation of the Before France adopted the Gregorian calendar, they celebrated the New Year for eight days, beginning on March 25 th and ending on April 1st When they switched the calendar systems, the th day moved from April 1st to Because they didn't have internet, phones, social media and a mail system, a lot of people didn't hear about this change until years later Those who did not hear about the change continued to celebrate New Year in _ Others refused to celebrate it out to rebellion Those that have been informed of the change and adjusted their calendars begin to make fun of these _ who were informed or rebellious This harassment evolved into a tradition of playing pranks on the first day of April and then spread to other countries However April Fools’ Day was already established in , which did not change calendar system until 1752 Also people were already engaged in pranks and lightheartedness around this time of year, long before the French switched their calendar systems, such as in the case of the ancient Roman Festival of Hilaria Modern celebrations of April Fools’ Day have slightly different traditions depending on the country you are in, but they all have the similar theme of pranking and humiliating individuals In France they try to tape an image of a fish to your back without you noticing it and in Portugal they throw flour to you In England, you’re only supposed to put jokes until _ and if you put a joke after noon, you’re called an “April fool” In the US as in Britain, even popular media outlets and companies have been known to get involved in the fun In 1996 Taco Bell announced that it had purchased the liberty bell from the city of and that it was going to rename it as the Taco Liberty Bell In 1192 NPR claimed that Richard Nixon would be running again for president The British publication, The Guardian, famously pranked the public in 1977, when they said that a semicolon-shaped island in the Indian Ocean had been discovered This hoax is credited for launching the trend of April Fools’ Day pranks by British tabloids a fool a hoax gullible practical joke ANSWER KEY prank prank - calendar – January 1st - April – fools – England – noon - Philadelphia prankster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVCTkpVX2Y