Wikipedia says only some historians believe that and that there are issues with that theory. Also the theory only applies to France so I’m not sure how it’s colonial
It's the same motive for literally demonizing pagan mythology and beliefs to force Christianity onto others.
April Fools Day stopped being fun when Woot sold out to Amazon.
I really don't care where the hell it came from, it's one of my favorite holidays since people use it as an opportunity to be super creative.
Speaking of which, I need to see what xkcd looks like today
Yeah, it's bad. It's not even the worst thing they've done to pagans though, there's a reason why the pentagram ⛤ is associated with evil in this day an age.
Thankfully those hateful messages the church are starting to lose their potency as people these days are beginning to treat them as edgy and cool, instead of blasphemous and scary.
Wikipedia says only some historians believe that and that there are issues with that theory. Also the theory only applies to France so I’m not sure how it’s colonial
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day
Why are you getting downvoted for sharing facts?
I don’t actually know 😅