It eventually evolved into a lighter commemoration involving pranks and trickery. Setting a roommate's alarm clock back an hour is a common gag. Practical jokes are a common practice on April Fool's Day. Sometimes, elaborate practical jokes are played on friends or relatives that last the entire day. The news media even gets involved.
Nobody gets off work or school.
Get Permission to Reprint this article. He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.