Happy April Fools Day – the holiday that isn’t a holiday at all! People celebrate April 1st a variety of ways through good pranks, welcoming the great weather ahead, or celebrating traditions you do every year.
Per Wikiepedia: April Fools' Day is celebrated all around the world on the April 1 of every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a legal holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day that tolerates practical jokes and general foolishness. The day is marked by the commission of good humoured or funny jokes, hoaxes, and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, work associates, etc.
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Growing up my parents each had the same drink every night when my Dad got home from work -- a Smirnoff Vodka and 7-Up. One April Fools' evening, before they got home, I decided that a fun way to brighten up their day and have some April Fools laughs would be by putting green food coloring in a brand new jug of Vodka. Who wouldn't think that was funny, right? Clearly I was thinking more like the playful Irish Mom, than the strict German Dad at the time. Good Times :)
-Chris Mahlmann
One year I switched the sugar in the sugar bowl with salt. When my dad drank his coffee (with a heaping spoonful of salt) he was not amused!
-Kathy Welter
When I was little, my sister and I decided it would be funny to wake my dad up with a glass of water to the face. It wasn't funny.
-Karin Mick