CinnamonSugar
A Quiet American
Used to enjoy hanging pocket-sized bouquets of fresh flowers on neighbors doors to surprise them on May 1st when I was growing up in CA. Anyone else do this? Seems to have gone out of fashion
If you want to get in the mood for May Day, today is (in no particular order): National Hairdresser Appreciation Day (oh, how I would appreciate a hairdresser....) Sarcoidosis Day (sounds painful) Bubble Tea Day (she says effervescently...…..) Honesty Day (well, to be honest, it sounds....boring.....) Bugs Bunny Day (What's up, Doc? Practically nothing, everything's still closed....) Oatmeal Cookie Day (yum!) Raisin Day (couldn't they have just combined those two days with Cold Milk Day?) Poem in Your Pocket Day (is that a poem in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?) Yesterday was Shrimp Scampi Day. Dang, I missed it! | ||
Or a few days later- "May the 4th Be With You!" (Star Trek Day)
If you want to get in the mood for May Day, today is (in no particular order):
National Hairdresser Appreciation Day (oh, how I would appreciate a hairdresser....)
Sarcoidosis Day (sounds painful)
Bubble Tea Day (she says effervescently...…..)
Honesty Day (well, to be honest, it sounds....boring.....)
Bugs Bunny Day (What's up, Doc? Practically nothing, everything's still closed....)
Oatmeal Cookie Day (yum!)
Raisin Day (couldn't they have just combined those two days with Cold Milk Day?)
Poem in Your Pocket Day (is that a poem in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?)
Yesterday was Shrimp Scampi Day. Dang, I missed it!
Or a few days later- "May the 4th Be With You!" (Star Trek Day)
I didn't know that!also known as Star Wars day
Actually it is generally noted as a festival of spring which I believe predates what you’ve written. And while that date was chosen, it is not the original may day, thank goodness.International Workers' Day is often referred to as May Day. It's a celebration of laborers and the working class. The date was chosen in 1904 by a group of socialist political parties to commemorate the Haymarket Affair which occurred in Chicago on May 4,1886.
There had been a general strike for an eight-hour workday when somebody threw a bomb and the police responded by firing on the workers. That led to the deaths of seven police officers and four civilians and many injuries. Hundreds of labor leaders and sympathizers were later rounded-up, and four labor leaders were executed by hanging after a trial that was seen as a miscarriage of justice.
Used to enjoy hanging pocket-sized bouquets of fresh flowers on neighbors doors to surprise them on May 1st when I was growing up in CA. Anyone else do this? Seems to have gone out of fashion