Welcome May :)

I must have attended a very progressive Catholic school as we always had a Mayday party with a maypole and bouquets of flowers and candy. The US doesn't celebrate Mayday or Beltane since it's rooted in pagan tradition but it is observed all throughout Europe. Finland celebrates Vappu where the entire country gets utterly drunk for a few days. I wonder if there's a giant spike of births in January :) They also wear the goofy white sailor hats which are, I'm told, the equivalent to the academic mortarboard. Can you imagine an entire population of drunken people in hats running around with balloons to welcome Summer? I can't wait to join in the heathen debauchery :)