2. 28th of December.
This is the day of the Santos Inocentes and is similar
to April Fools´Day but here in Spain it is on December
28th, when people play practical jokes on one others.
Often the national media will include a nonsense story
in their broadcasts.
The Massacre of the Innocents is an episode of
infanticide by the King of Judea, Herod the Great.
According to the Gospel of Matthew Herod orders the
execution of all young male children in the village of
Bethlehem, so as to avoid the loss of his throne to a
newborn King of the Jews whose birth has been
announced to him by the Magi.
3. Jokes
The 28th December is celebrated all the world if
they speak Spanish. We play practical jokes on one
another.
