Who Killed May DAy???

As a child, at school… we had a May pole… even in

kindergarten, I remember singing with others and dancing

around the pole.  I think it was a teeter pole in his normal

days.  There were colorful ribbons attached to the top, and   

we each had the ends, as we danced around the pole,

weaving back and forth, as instructed by our teacher, until

we were close to the pole at the end.. which we dropped

our end…  We would look at our fine art of a pole of

many colors.   I have not heard of children doing this for

years… I think my kids did it at an early age, like maybe

Ii the first or second grade.

And along with this tradition, we had May Day flowers..

That we delivered to doorsteps, rang the bell and then

we ran.  I kept this tradition in my own family with my

kids… even had my grandson do this for a neighbor

about 15 years ago… She was so thrilled as she remember

doing it as a child. 

There were many versions of that tradition… I am sure

if you google it, you will find all kinds of types and place

where they did it.. I don’t know how it got started.

The giving of flowers in secrecy and the May Pole.

But I had the kids put the flowers, tied with a ribbon,

on the porch of the elderly….

And if we were lucky and hid enough but

still could see the wonderment of their faces, as there

was no one there, and then spotted the flowers and

the smile on their faces, of days gone by.

So who killed MAY DAY? It was an innocent enough

celebration… a tradition… of century old… what reason

Is there to let it go.. Especially in this day and age.

we need traditions and celebrations of joy.