April Fool's Day - No Joke!

In spite of having no official recognition, April 1st has long been acclaimed for celebrating pranks, tricks, and just foolishness in general. As dearly as some enjoy making our family and friends feel like ‘fools’, there’s not much more than speculations and theories as to where the day originated.

Discovery News suggests the most general widespread theory about the earliest April Fools’ celebration goes something like this: “In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull decreeing a new standard calendar for Christian Europe that would take his name and centuries later become the standard internationally in the 21st century. Prior to the 15th century, Europe’s nations and city states operated using the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar moved the date of the new year from April 1 to January 1, among other changes. Catholic monarchies were naturally its earliest adopters, though Protestant nations later followed suit. Given the nature of the reform, both in terms of communicating such a fundamental change to a large population and dealing with critics of the new calendar, some Europeans continued to celebrate the new year between March 25 and April 1. April fools were those who still celebrated the holiday in the spring, and were the subject of pranks and ridicule by those who observed the new year months ago.”

With many enjoying their well thought out tricks, jokes, and pranks on others, we, at Educational Outfitters, are no joke. We relish in our work, love our plaids, khakis and school logos while taking great pleasure in serving you, our customer. If you are looking for a unique, shopping experience, focused on your student, then look no further. We are not only excited about being a part of your community, but serving you and providing the best customer service in the school uniform industry is of our utmost importance. Come see us at Educational Outfitters (nationwide) and Academic Outfitters (in Texas) where we are excited about school uniforms – no joke!