Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The arrival of May brings the promise of warmer weather, longer days, and flowers galore. There are several traditions that have ...

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 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

Janet B. Shannon wrote a letter to the Star Tribune in 1995, calling for a resurgence of May baskets. Fifteen years later, she is still waiting. "Sadly, people still talk about them as a thing of the ...

I miss the May Days of my childhood. And no, I’m not talking about riots in downtown Seattle. The May Day I know from my Nebraska upbringing, is an old-timey rite of spring in which you fill baskets ...

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 ...

Welcome May with some secret gift-giving. May Day baskets are a tradition of leaving secret gifts such as flowers, treats, or toys for neighbors and friends to celebrate the arrival of spring on May ...