HAPPY MAY!

I started out researching this information for a newsletter to accompany my new Website, Decorate With Grandma.  As usual, time got away from me and I didn't get it fine tuned to what I wanted so thought perhaps some of my family might find this info fun and entertaining. 

Would love your feedback!

April showers are doing their best to bring us lots of May flowers!  Along with all of the loveliness of spring there are lots of special occasions for gift giving and sprucing up our homes and surroundings.  Take a look and see if you find anything of interest…..

May 1^st   May Day  This is an ancient northern hemisphere spring festival that includes singing, dancing and cakes.  The earliest celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times.  It was originally a traditional summer holiday in many Christian European pagan cultures.  One of the traditions that we see today is that of school children dancing around the Maypole.  I remember that tradition!  Do you? 

May 5^th  Cinco De Mayo.  How about having some guests over for your favorite Mexican cuisine.   Did you know the significance of the celebration is the Mexican victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.  It is often mistaken to be Mexico’s Independence Day but that is not celebrated until September.  So, we can keep that in mind and celebrate again in September!   

May 6^th  Kentucky Derby.  Get together with friends and have a “Hat”  party.  For the ladies, the bigger and brighter the better and for the gents, a very stylish “Derby” would be smashing!  I took a stroll through Wikipedia and found lots of interesting facts about the Kentucky Derby.  It is known as “The Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports”, along with being the fastest! 

May 14^th   MOTHERS DAY!  Mothers Day turns 100 this year!  It is known mostly as a time for honoring and showing love and appreciation to our mothers.  It basically all started in the 1850s when a West Virginia women’s organizer held Mother’s Day work clubs to improve sanitary conditions in an effort to lower infant mortality and fight disease contamination.  You can let your fingers do the walking thru Wikipedia or Google and be mesmerized  at how Hallmark and the local flower shop has taken over this celebration and of why Dad gets fewer gifts!

May 20^th  Armed Forces Day   I’ll save the info on this for next week.   Be sure to keep it in your mind and heart to remember our military!

May 24^th  National Brother Day  Another information save.  If you have a brother, by blood or by love or both, be thinking of a fun way to connect and make it a special day!

May 29^th  Memorial Day   This is a big celebration day with lots of interesting back ground.  Stay tuned for information and plan to make it a memorable week end!

Oh Yes!  On May 28th there is a national Burger Day.  Anyone care to join me for a double decker, with bacon and cheese?     L&H's