Yup, April Fish Day - Poisson d'avril, which is French for April Fool's Day. Why Fish Day? Good question - maybe some biblical significance, but nobody around me could explain it. Anyway, here is the thing. April Fish Day is equivalent to April Fool's Day, meaning, it is for pranks and jokes and all that. However, the big difference is that in France, there is only ONE prank. THE joke to pull on others - it is limited to cutting out a paper sign in the form of a fish and putting it on others' backs. I know, knee-slapping funny, right? But I swear, as far as I can tell, this is what the French do to one another - year after year. No creative pranks allowed, as far as I can tell. Maybe it's funny that first time when you are four years old. Maybe the French like to relive that innocent funny moment - over and over again. How else to explain this strange un-innovative creativity-vacuum of a custom?The one thing that brightened my day was seeing the countless boulangeries selling tarts and cakes and chocolates in the form of ... yes, a fish! Very cute - picture above courtesy of a blog called "les jardins d'eve".
Happy Fish Day to You!
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