Editing Feast of Fools (section)

== Connections to other holidays ==

* Prior to the creation of the [[Gregorian calendar|Gregorian Calendar]] in 1582, most European nations celebrated [[New Year's Day]] on March 25. Since the celebrations of the Feast of Fools generally took place over a week or so, this would cause them to end on April 1. Those who refused to, or forgot to, change to the new calendar system would be ridiculed as [[April Fools' Day|April Fools]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gulevich |first=Tanya |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1340160783 |title=Encyclopedia of Easter, Carnival, and Lent |date=2002 |publisher=Omnigraphics |others=Mary Ann Stavros-Lanning |isbn=9786612263453 |location=Detroit, Mich. |oclc=1340160783}}</ref>
* Due to them all taking place in the post-[[Christmas]] season, this festival, the [[Feast of the Ass]], and the [[Feast of the Circumcision of Christ|Feast of the Circumcision]] all grew more entangled over the centuries.<ref name=":3" /> As a result of fusing with the Feast of the Ass, when the church forbade the festivities from taking place within churches instead of dressing up as high-ranking members of the Church, they instead wore hats to resemble donkey ears.<ref name=":3" />
* Much of the customs in the Feast of Fools have been incorporated into modern-day [[Carnival]], [[Mardi Gras]], and [[Halloween]].