The Feast of Fools was held particularly on New Year’s Day - the Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord. The Chief location of the festivities was the church itself, and the principal organizers were the lower clergy.

 

The ruling idea of the feast was the reverse order of status. In this way the most important person of the day became the least important.

 

The motive for this interesting day in the year seems twofold: On the one hand, it was simply a day to become a little less serious about life. On the other hand, it was personifying Christ, who became one of us and eventually died for all humanity.