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To: SJackson
When I was growing up, (in the upper Midwest), May day was a huge holiday

I don't know about "huge" holiday but some do celebrate it. The first year I was married, my (very Reformed) ex-mother-in-law wished me a "Happy May Day". That sort of blew my mind, because I had always associated May Day with this...


192 posted on 05/01/2006 9:01:23 AM PDT by Old_Mil (http://www.constitutionparty.org - Forging a Rebirth of Freedom.)
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To: Old_Mil


Seasons Greetings and Happy Holidays. Tell them you wish them Happy Israel Independence Day or National Prayer Day this week.


208 posted on 05/01/2006 9:11:28 AM PDT by weegee ("CBS NEWS? Is that show still on?" - freedomson)
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To: Old_Mil

May Day used to be associated with spring and maypoles. It was even a custom to leave "may baskets" on neighbors' doorsteps with flowers in them--lilies of the valley were traditional.


483 posted on 05/01/2006 11:31:44 AM PDT by Mamzelle (American Shopping Day--May 1)
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