April Fools' Day is celebrated in different countries around the world on April 1 every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a national holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when many people play all kinds of jokes and foolishness. The day is marked by the commission of good-humoured or otherwise funny jokes, hoaxes, and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, work associates, etc.
Traditionally, in some countries such as Canada, New Zealand, the UK,
Australia, Cyprus, and South Africa, the jokes only last until noon,
and someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool" and
taunted "April Fool's Day's past and gone, You're the fool for making
one."
Elsewhere, such as in France, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Russia, The
Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, Ireland, and the U.S., the jokes last all
day. In France and Italy
children (and adults, when appropriate) traditionally tack paper fish
on each other's back as a trick and shout "april fish!" in their local
language ("poisson d'avril!" and "pesce d'aprile!" in French and Italian respectively).
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