Why don't people celebrate May Day anymore?
154652
I would guess that it is because it was not properly commercialized. Don't worry I will explain. It doesn't cost much to celebrate. When I was a kid we would get some dixie cups and pipecleaners and make those into basket. We would then put a few candies and flowers in there and take it to our friends and neighbors house. Set it by their front door then run away. It's way too cheap nobody profits. So it was not promoted and was forgotten about.
218109
Because people now are self centered and selfish. People think only of their self.This is the me me generation
581920
I think that we should allow the celebration of cinco de mayo because It helps the reminds the poeple of mexico what happened the year of 1862. Also because that there are so many cultures and they deserve a holiday. same thing with why do we celebrate st. patricks day.
657707
May day, is generally the first Monday in May, (in Britain). May day was originally all about new life, and I believe worshipping Mother Nature. It is the day Morris Dancers can dance around a Maypole, without looking too silly. It is also what people say if they need help, mayday, is from the French, meaning 'help me'. SOS means Save Our Souls.
637358
Because its cinco de mayo...and the united states is mostly mexican now anyway...so we celebrate too.
500862
Cinco de Mayo is widely celebrated by Mexican-Americans and their descendants in the United States. Many cities with significant Mexican and Chicano populations throughout the US schedule special events on the 5th of May. In Los Angeles, most notably, revelers fill the streets in front of City Hall for speeches and performances by Mexican entertainers on this day.\n\nAlthough the celebration of this holiday has historically been limited to Latin-American communities, particularly in the southwest, it has become increasingly popular across the country and among all ethnic groups in the last 10 years. In recent years, it has been celebrated widely and in a similar style as St. Patrick’s Day — namely a celebration and identification with Mexicans, their culture, food, and music by Anglos and other unrelated ethnic groups. However, many Americans have only a cursory understanding of the significance of this day; it is often mistakenly assumed to be Mexico’s independence day, and in practice, it is usually celebrated on a superficial level.\n\nHope this helps.
643911
67 times, i think, 1939 - 2006 = 67\nI am not sure, Im only a mother for 21 yrs now, and are blessed to have my mother still, for 42 yrs now, and ever since I can remember, form the age of 5, when I started school and learning from the teachers that we should make special stuff for our moms on the 14th of May, I would say for 42 yrs, but I would be wrong, LOL, but for real, I really do think for 67 times. \nIf you should really see mothersday only to be on the 14th of May, then it is actually not fair, for mothersday should be everyday - every single day, a mom should have her day be good, respected and really deserved by her children, for a mother is somebody wonderful, loving, caring and a milion things in one person, so is fathersday, they should actuaaly make it parentsday, let the mom and dad have the day for both of them, together, is it not the way to be, together, husband and wife, mom and dad, till death do us part. I should think so, lets have a mom and dad day on the same day, treat them both for that special day, but after all, it should be all the days of the year, forever - ;)
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No we dont. Infact we dont have a public holiday to celebrate the 'UK'....eg a national celebration day. There was recent discussion in paliment about this, but I have not heard anything more about it.\n Not like some sort of 'independence day' like the states have .
624132
Now this is my kind of question! I agree, why is this. People just don't care anymore.
625968
Are you sure you don't mean memorial day that's coming up soon. I thought labor day was just a day off for laborers (people who work) while memorial day is a day to remember those we have lost.
367147
Yes, I celebrate it. While it's not an officially recognized holiday in the US, it is celebrated by pagans here. We refer to it as Beltane more often than May Day.
581178
For what I know, May used to be the third month of the year. January and February seem to have been added in Ancient Rome. This is the reason why September, October, November and December don't match their ethimologic begginings anymore (sept means seven, octo means eight, nove means nine, dece means ten). I hope this is what you were looking for!
795943
As this year the 11th fell on a Saturday, my children who are 12 and 8 and I observed the 2 minutes silence outside tescos whilst selling poppies.  I could not believe people were still trying to buy poppies during that time.  I had already told the children to ignore anyone who tried to speak to us.  I was accused of being rude, when I explained what we were doing they still said I was rude. Tescos did announce the silence, but many customers did not join in, cars and buses still drove past.\nI think the nation should stop.  When my 83 year old mother was a child everything and everybody stopped, the country came to a complete stand still, but there again war was still very fresh in peoples minds.  The silence is not just for veterans of the world wars but for all military killed or injured on active duty, as they still are today.
367319
There are sometimes festivals on/for Cinco de Mayo.  The literal translation is 5th of May.  It is one of Mexico's independence days (I believe they celebrate two).
971060
because everyone would not agree on which day to celebrate it on
486191
Ancient Romans celebrated a holiday known as Floralia as their spring celebration. This eventually involved into May Day, a time for fertility and renewal. Fertility was very important for people, livestock and crops, and so fertility celebrations tend to be the most important celebrations in the ancient world and this was the most active of the Fertility holidays in Europe. People danced around a May-pole (a symbol of masculine fertility) wrapping it with ribbons (symbolizing the poles entrance into the female fertility symbol). It was also a very popular night for maidens to lose their virginity. Today Pagans still celebrate the holiday, calling it Beltane\n\nIt is also International Workers day, commemorating a labor riot in Chicago
807495
It's way too comercialised. It's been going that way for over 40 years now. I haven't celebrated the religious significance of it in more than 30 years.