Origins of April Fools' DayAccording to History.com:
"Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. In the Julian Calendar, as in the Hindu calendar, the new year began with the spring equinox around April 1. People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes and were called 'April fools.' These pranks included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as “poisson d’avril” (April fish), said to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person." Whatever! I wish we had stayed with the Julian calendar, It makes way more sense to me to have the new year start on the Spring Equinox rather than the dead of winter. But hey, what do I know? I know that Coach Anne has something fun planned for you today and you would be a fool to miss it. Join her Saturday at 9am. I've seen the workout she has planned and it is no joke!
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