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Do you usually pull pranks on April Fool’s Day?

One sign that spring has sprung is the arrival of April Fool’s Day, a day when some folks plot to pull harmless pranks on their peers. This somewhat bizarre tradition is popular not only in Canada and the U.S.
Chris Slater

One sign that spring has sprung is the arrival of April Fool’s Day, a day when some folks plot to pull harmless pranks on their peers. This somewhat bizarre tradition is popular not only in Canada and the U.S., but also in Australia, India, Brazil and many parts of Europe, with the first references of it going back hundreds of years. But how popular is the tradition of pulling pranks among those today? We asked folks whether or not they pull pranks come April Fool’s Day and to briefly describe why or why not.