The Psychology of April Fool’s Day

The Psychology of April Fool’s Day Today during tea time I whispered that today the March is culminating and from tomorrow April will commence. To this my mom reacted that these days people do not celebrate “April Fools Day” as they use to celebrate earlier. Then she went on to describe the various pranks the people played. While she was describing all this my thoughts focussed on: which days people celebrate more these days? And what is the psychology behind each of these festivals. Then I thought why not write an article on “The Psychology of April Fool’s Day”. Before beginning the topic, The Psychology of April Fool’s Day let’s start with history of April Fool Day so we have a better insight into it. So : History of April Fool’s Day: There are a number of theories behind the origin of April Fool’s Day, but one that is most commonly mentioned is the switch between calendars. Before the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in ...