# It's May Day today! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-day-today/1001042 "2024-05-02T01:20:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-day-today/1001042/1 "2024-05-02T01:20:32Z")
I haven’t seen any mention on the SDMB of May Day today. Has the day’s commemoration diminished in importance? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-day-today/1001042/2 "2024-05-02T01:35:01Z")
The Catholic Church officially recognizes it as the “Feast of St. Joseph the Worker”. Which, yes, is of course an attempt to compete with communism. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-day-today/1001042/3 "2024-05-02T01:59:22Z")
It’s sad, but the last time I was excited about May Day was in early elementary school grades. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-day-today/1001042/4 "2024-05-02T02:32:48Z")
> [@rippingtons\_fan](#): > > I haven’t seen any mention on the SDMB of May Day today. Has the day’s commemoration diminished in importance? I get a five-day holiday followed by a six-day work week for Labor Day. I also alluded to the date in this month’s mini-rant thread title. > [@PastTense](#): > > It’s sad, but the last time I was excited about May Day was in early elementary school grades. Last weekend, when I called my sister back in the US, she and I were lamenting over the fact Maypoles are no longer a thing in America. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-day-today/1001042/5 "2024-05-02T03:08:37Z")
It’s my best friend since way back in elementary school’s anniversary, & Iffn I was married to her I’d be saying mayday three times in a row. Hmmm, do you think I’d get relief just as if I said Beetlejuice three times? ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-day-today/1001042/6 "2024-05-02T05:07:38Z")
[Mayday! Why that’s the Russian New Year…](https://youtu.be/tYJxU0TKr_Y?si=bkWsi-Xutg3A-qas/) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-day-today/1001042/7 "2024-05-02T13:38:33Z")
I knew a guy who would exclaim “First of May! First of May! Outdoor #^\<~ing starts today!” ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-day-today/1001042/8 "2024-05-02T14:48:36Z")
This is a mostly American board, and May 1 is not a big deal in the United States, so it’s not surprising that there is not a big discussion of it here.