The arrival of May brings the promise of warmer weather, longer days, and flowers galore. There are several traditions that have become synonymous with May Day, including festivals and maypoles ...

As a youngster, May Day was nothing more than an occasion we celebrated closely on the heels of the revered Easter Sunday. Although mom celebrated this spring tradition inasmuch as Christmas, it was a ...

May 1, 2015…May Day. It’s the day of spring celebrations. May baskets, May poles, fresh spring flowers and it’s just around the corner. May Day is an ancient Northern Hemisphere Spring Festival that ...

May Day baskets — which are decorative baskets, often filled with flowers, treats, small gifts, and other goodies — aren’t as common of a custom as they used to be. While some people still receive and ...

It's nearly May 1, and you know what that means! Frankly, we're a bit bummed that the unique and romantic holiday isn't as popular as it once was. And as soon as we tell you more about it, you'll ...

Gardeners are saying adieu to a crazy April that gave us late spring freezes and temperatures blazing into the 90s. We are more than ready to welcome the month of May this Friday. A lovely but ...

As folks have started to keep more to themselves, some neighborhood traditions have fallen away. There are fewer block parties, for example, fewer neighborhood grill-outs. May Day baskets are another ...

For some, the words conjure up fond May Day memories of decorated paper cups with pipe-cleaner handles, or frilly doilies bound up by ribbon; candy, peanuts, popcorn, flowers perhaps. Ringing ...

Maybe there really was a time when America was more innocent. Back when May Basket Day was a thing, perhaps. The curious custom — still practiced in discrete pockets of the country — went something ...