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Dia de los Inocentes leads today's complete edition for Spain.
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Chile's April Fools, celebrated on December 28th. Pranks, jokes, and the tradition of lending something and not getting it back until the next day. Every Chilean child has been tricked at least once by a parent who said "inocente palomita que te dejaste engañar" and every Chilean child has sworn revenge.
Spain's April Fools' Day, when the media publishes fake stories and people play pranks. The inocentada, the prank, is expected and forgiven, and the day commemorates the massacre of the innocents by Herod, a strange origin for a day of jokes.
In Ibi, Alicante, on December 28, a mock government takes over the town and imposes absurd fines, paid in food. Anyone who objects is pelted with flour and eggs. The tradition has lasted for 200 years and is a localized Day of the Innocents celebration.