April showers bring May flowers. The ritual of hanging May Day baskets on the
doorknobs of neighbors and friends has a long history, stemming from the European pagan
festival of spring. A May Day basket
contains almost
anything, by way of small presents you have in mind to put in it, together with
your respects, best wishes — love, perhaps. It is hung after dark at the door
of anybody the hanger fancies.
Another tradition is the tall wooden pole and its dance – Dance of the
Maypole. The Maypoles are a part of the
general rejoicing at the return of summer and the growth of new vegetation.
May Day marks the halfway point between the first day of spring and the summer solstice. On this first day of May – rejoice and relish in the decoration of the
earth with flowers, trees, grasses and sunshine. Bestow this decoration to those you in your
life that have a special place in your heart.
“Sweet May hath come to love us, Flowers, trees, their blossoms don; And through the blue heavens above us The very clouds move on.” -- Heinrich Heine 
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