April Fish Day: Cultural Differences

Hundreds of years ago, people migrated to the United States from many European countries. As time passed, America received even more immigrants from many different cultural backgrounds. Unlike some other countries, if you walk around in the United States, you will see people of all different cultures. This is the reason our country is described as a, “melting pot.” Though everyone that lives or has lived in America is considered an American, some of their ancestors that did not migrate to America, were not. So, the culture of these ancestors travel through generations, & give later family members a share of their decadence. When a couple has a child, their children have a mix of both parent’s blood, giving them multiple ancestors of different cultural decadence. The passing of cultures is why I’m able to say that I’m not only American, but I am also English, French, & German. Though many people who have different backgrounds do not practice the customs of the

Due to the lack of transportation & communication found in modern times, some people didn’t receive the news of the change, & kept celebrating New Year’s on April 1st. Those who were aware of the adjustment to the calendar, pranked those who weren’t by furtively sticking a deceased decomposing fish on an unsuspecting victim’s back each year on April 1st. Lucky for the French, as time passed, the way the once insolent prank was performed went under modifications. Instead of attaching a nasty dead fish to someone’s back, pranksters now use a paper fish. But one thing never changed from the many decades of April Fish Day, the name the prankster’s victim is called is “Poisson d’Avril,” which is French for April