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.)
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)
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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