April Fools', Not...

As I read through my FB, I find it full of crazy news. Iker Casillas says he is leaving the Real Madrid and the Duchess of Alba who is 85 is considering getting pregnant via in-vitro fertilization. What?? And then it dawns on me. Today is a day of practical jokes, similar to what we in the USA celebrate on April Fool’s Day. It is called "Dia de los Santos Inocentes" or Day of the Holy Innocents. As with most of the traditions here in Spain, it has a religious origin. The young children who were slaughtered by order of King Herod around the time of Jesus’ birth were called "Santos Inocentes" or Holy Innocents because they were too young and innocent to have committed any sins. Thus the victim of a prank or hoax is called "inocente". The Spanish media get a kick out of making crazy announcements or "inocentadas". So it's not a good day to watch the news, especially if you're the kind of person like me, who doesn't usually know in which day you're living! Wonder if any of them will say the crisis is finally over...