comedy = tragedy + time December 28th is called in Spain and Latin America, "El día de los inocentes" (The Innocents' Day). It is a similar day to April fools for English people. This day People are used to making pranks, and even tv and newspapers create some fake news. It is a funny day, but its origin is a bit dreary. It remembers the day when Poncio Pilatos ordered to kill all the small babies because he thought one of them could take away his kingdom. I think it was Woody Allen who said: "comedy = tragedy + time". If you think it in perspective it is quite weird we have converted such a dark date in one of the funniest one of the year. A son of a friend came home crying. His father asked him what happened to him, and the little boy said: "I have been said that Poncio Pilatos killed a lot of babies". His father told him: "but that was a lot of centuries ago". And the boy responded: "yes, but I didn't know, and it has been today that I have known.