New Year's Eve 2006
Yes, I know it's April 1st... this is how long it took me to get a roll of film developed. I've been using my digital for so long that I couldn't even remeber how to fill out the stupid bag you put the film into! We were rushing around trying to get everything ready and forgot our camera. Luckily, my parents loaned us theirs, very old school - point and click. I spent the whole night staring at the back of the camera trying to see the picture I just took. Duh. But we had a great time and it was neat to get back pictures that I forgot I took. Maya's first haircut was on the same roll of film. I'll post those pictures tomorrow to give you all something to look forward to. (You all being the three faithful readers of this blogging blurb, and if you are one of those, I thank you!)
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Wasn't the origin of April Fool's Day related New Year's Day?
I don't know... now I will have to obsessively search for the answer due my compulsive nature. Thanks for the mission, I choose to accept!
That wasn't as hard as I thought...
Ancient cultures, including those as varied as the Romans and the Hindus, celebrated New Year's Day on or around April 1.
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian Calendar) to replace the old Julian Calendar. The new calendar called for New Year's Day to be celebrated Jan. 1. That year, France adopted the reformed calendar and shifted New Year's day to Jan. 1. According to a popular explanation, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on "fool's errands" or trying to trick them into believing something false. Eventually, the practice spread throughout Europe.
Problems With This Explanation:
There are at least two difficulties with this explanation. The first is that it doesn't fully account for the spread of April Fools' Day to other European countries. The Gregorian calendar was not adopted by England until 1752, for example, but April Fools' Day was already well established there by that point. The second is that we have no direct historical evidence for this explanation, only conjecture, and that conjecture appears to have been made more recently.
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