Why is April 1 called April Fools Day?

Although there are variations of the story another explanation of the origins of April Fools' Day was provided by Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston University. He explained that the practice began during the reign of Constantine, when a group of court jesters and fools told the Roman emperor that they could do a better job of running the empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a jester named Kugel to be king for one day. Kugel passed an edict calling for absurdity on that day, and the custom became an annual event. "In a way," explained Prof. Boskin, "it was a very serious day. In those times fools were really wise men. It was the role of jesters to put things in perspective with humor." This explanation was brought to the public's attention in an Associated Press article printed by many newspapers in 1983. There was only one catch: Boskin made the whole thing up. It took a couple of weeks for the AP to realize that they'd been victims of an April Fools' joke themselves.

I don't really know why it is called that but I know that every april I can look foward to something on the first...I really don't know why people call it that but the best thing about that day is that you can pull pranks on people and get away with it...I don't really know where you would find out alot about this holdiday but I know that you can go to wikipedia and type it in and you will get a bunch of information on it... JHL930

It's not certain how April Fool's Day first started but it was taken to America by the English Settlers in the early 1600s. There are many other explanations which I could sit her and write about all night but as you've requested websites, I'll post you a couple of links as well, so you can see them all... http://www.brownielocks.com/aprilfools.html http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/aforigin.html Brightest Blessings and enjoy your April Fool's Day!

Hmm, makes me think the same way you do. I even wonder myself why they're calling it that way as well and the fact is, I also like to know it's history and all. Will get back to you soon whenever I catch up something about it from searching through the net LoL :-) Great post, thanks for sharing.