FWIW, Wikipedia has good looking sources putting the April Fools tradition long before America [0]. I think it's safe to say it's a Western tradition at the ver

FWIW, Wikipedia has good looking sources putting the April Fools tradition long before America [0]. I think it's safe to say it's a Western tradition at the very least. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day#Origins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day#Origins