If you are visiting a Spanish-speaking country on December 28, be on the look out for practical jokers. One might compare it to April Fool's Day in the United States.
This fun holiday has it's origins in the Bible in the story where King Harod had all of the baby boys under two years of age executed. His intent was to kill the baby Jesus so that he could never be a rival for Harod. But the joke was on the king because Joseph and Mary had taken baby Jesus to Egypt so that he would be safe. The holiday is celebrated to honor the children, los inocentes, who were killed by King Harod.
During the Middle Ages it was celebrated with a feast. Today it has become a day of playing pranks called Inocentadas.
http://spanish.about.com/b/2013/04/01/spains-equivalent-of-april-fools-day-is-dec-28.htm
http://spanishfood.about.com/od/holidaysfeasts/a/santosinocentes.htm
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