Posted
on December 28, 2015
Today
in Mexico many people play jokes on others, pull funny pranks, tell
outlandish tall tales as if they were true, even make bragging (but
lying) Facebook posts. Some newspapers have two front pages – one
with astonishing headlines, and the other with actual news.
In
other words, today is the Mexican version of April Fool's Day!
Being
only a few days after Christmas, schools are still on vacation; this
holiday encourages everyone to revel in childish (innocent) joy over
joking.
After
a joke is successfully played, the jokester commonly says:
Inocente
palomita,Que te dejaste engañar,
Sabiendo que en este día
Nada se debe prestar.
Innocent
little dove,
You let yourself be fooled,
Knowing that on this day
Nothing should be lent.
You let yourself be fooled,
Knowing that on this day
Nothing should be lent.
Or
the jokester might just say, “Inocente Para Siempre!”
- which means
“Innocent Forever!” in Spanish.
By
the way, this holiday is supposed to be the anniversary of King Herod
killing all the young boys and babies in Bethlehem, in his attempt to
kill Jesus. That's a grim beginning to a holiday of joy and
frivolity!
Also
on this date:
They're
Always Changing the Map Day
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