April Fools’ Day is called as Prima Aprillis in Poland. It is celebrated on April 1st.

The traditions and the customs are followed as same as other countries. It is a day full of jokes and fun for the people of Poland. They plan for huge hoax stories to fool the media, public institutions and government by fooling them until the situation gets more serious. People love to play pranks on their friends, relatives and also on strangers.

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In addition to being a day of pranks, April Fools Day celebrations often involve dressing up in costumes (przebieranie się). The traditions and the customs are followed as same as other countries. It is a day full of jokes and fun for the people of Poland. They plan for huge hoax stories to fool the media, public institutions and government by fooling them until the situation gets more serious. People love to play pranks on their friends, relatives and also on strangers.

April Fools Day in Poland is largely a holiday for children, but adults also get in on the fun. In recent years, Polish media has also taken part in the April Fools Day celebrations.

Poland’s top vodka producer goes non-alcoholic! Poland Today ran an exclusive news story telling of how the country’s “alcohol market is set to undergo a dramatic shake-up by Easter” with a new non-alcoholic vodka.

“The government is likely to be amongst the first to place an order. According to government alcohol policy adviser Andreas Niemakac, the Prime Minister is behind the initiative to reduce occurrences of embarrassing episodes at state functions, fuelled by over-enthusiastic imbibing of the nation’s favourite spirit.”

“‘It’s not only the Polish dignitaries” said Mr Niemakac. ‘Foreign VIP’s, less used to drinking vodka, can sometimes over-indulge. The ambassador of a leading EU country once ended up standing on the table singing ‘You’ll never walk alone’ with his trousers on his head’.”

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)