Why do we celebrate April Fools'?

A brief history of King Kugel

I hate April Fools’ Day. Always have. Why have a day when you spend the entire time worrying that someone is going to try to prank you—or triple-checking that the story or headline you just read is real? I’m all for jokes and pranks, but I like them to come about organically, not because some random calendar date says so. That said, the origin of the ho…