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.
On 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 is a remember
ance of the day when Poncio Pilatos ordered
to kill all
of the small babies
to be killed 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 put it in perspective
, it is quite weird
that we have converted such a dark
date day in
to one of the funniest
one days of the year.
A son of a friend came home crying. His father asked him what
had happened to him, and the little boy said: "(
I have been said) I have heard that Poncio Pilatos killed a lot of babies". His father
told him replied, "Yes, but that was a lot of centuries ago". The boy responded, "Yes, but I didn't know, and
it has been today that I have known I found out today.