We had spring before the end of winter and now have summer in spring. I't HOT!!!!!

Nice memory---thanks. It was always a lot of fun.

I haven't thought about Mayday since I participated in it many many years ago!!! I remeber how much fun it was. Pity they don't have it anymore.

I too remember May Day. We celebrated in elemertary school but not in the upper grades.
When the earthquake/sunami (not spelled right) hit Tieland (that does not look spelled right either) 5 years or so ago I heard on TV that the earth was shifted on the axses by less than a half inch, so I would think that would change our weather patterns. And the one in Japan should have caused the same kind of thing, don't you think? I have not heard any more on the axses thing so my thinking could be way off. Take care.
Linda

I was just telling my granddaughter about the maypole. When I was in first or second grade our school had may day festival. The sixth graders got to dance around the maypole.
I so looked forward to when I was in the sixth grade.........moved at of second grade and never did get to dance around the maypole.
By the way, my granddaughter said "what is a maypole?"

And we hung paper baskets with flowers in them (we made them in school) on door knobs, rang the bell and hid.

Yes, I remember the Maypole. You were in the Houston schools about the same time I was. Your picture reminded me so much of some of mine, similar hairdo.

It is the same here in the midwest. Some places had frost this morning. Come on Summer!!

It's 34 degrees here in Minnesota. I think I missed summer, somewhere, where did it go????

I was a kid in NYC and May Day was only known as a day that celebrated Communism, no May poles for us.

We used to make construction paper baskets, fill them with flowers and hang them on door knobs, knock and run and hide and watch when they opened the door and discovered our "May Baskets".

Thanks for the memories!

Don't know about the weather, but the Maypole Dance brings back fond memories. I was a member of the local dance troupe that danced every year. Mint green and pale yellow streamers made of cotton gauze. Our dresses were the same colors and fabrics, headpieces of yellow and green streamers. Everything flowed beautifully as we would weave under and over until we had braided down the pole, then we'd reverse. We were always the hit of the program.
This was in grade school, haven't thought of it in years (I'm 72 years old) LOL
Thanks for the memories.

I grew up in a very poor school district. We couldn't afford the pole, and dancing around the telephone pole didn't make much sense.

Wish I knew. We don't have it either. Anybody else know where it is? Please send it to us too if you do and don't hog it all. lol.

I had my family in for dinner on Sunday and I told them that we would be celebrating May Day.......and they kinda looked at me !!!

Does anyone remember Children's Day?

I believe it was one Sunday in June.

I remember that my Mother would buy us new dresses that we would so proudly wear to Church that day....it had to be white.......along with white shoes and socks, white hat
........we all wore hots to church in those days.........
and of course, white gloves.

Just wondering if anyone else remembers those good old days.

I also remember that my MIL would watch the soap..."as the world turns"
and Penny's father would celebrate her birthday which was May Day by hanging a bouquet on her bedroom door early in the morning.

Things we remember........thank goodness we can remember......

Global Warming.

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Geez!!! Is it possible that you're my sister LOL??? Did your white socks have the prissy little ruffles on them, ahhh... those white patten leather Mary Jane shoes, Wow!!

we also would leave May Baskets on door steps

Yes, I do remember and sorry most of these things have not lasted the threads of time. Some do this.

Helen

There was a lady in the LQS Saturday, buying ribbon for a MayDay Celebration at one of our schools, so maybe they are going to bring it back. I hope so. Such fun things our kids and grandkids are missing out on.

I do remember the May pole Days. That is so much fun to think about. Are we getting old? My children never heard of such days. They are 37 and 33. Oh! The good old days !

Don't you wish we could go back to those days? Life was much more simple then! OMG, I sound like my mother. It's official. I AM OLD!!

Don't you wish we could go back to those days? Life was much more simple then! OMG, I sound like my mother. It's official. I AM OLD!!

ohh yes! I would LOVE to relive the 50's and early 60's. Doncha think we all felt safer and happier? Or was that because we were young and didn't know any better?....there was definitely LESS media - and that IS a +!

Reading your post about things being safer, brought back memories when my last child was a baby.

He always took his nap cuddled in his carriage on the front porch.

OMG, who would ever do that these days?

I was a Presbyterian in the 50's in Newark, NJ. Childrens' Day was the second Sunday in June. It was the last of Sunday School for the year until Rally Day (the first Sunday in Sept). There was a program of all the church school classes held in the church sanctuary for the entire church. Of course we wore dresses with filly socks. That was the norm.

It is a shame that OUR children and GRANDCHILDREN will never experience how life was back then. We, ladies, have lived in the very BEST time in history, my opinion.

I don't remember dancing around the maypole but remember seeing it. Do recall making cute little paper baskets and filling them with flowers. We would sneak up to a neighbors door, placing the basket in front of it, ringing the bell and running away.