{"id":2652,"date":"2013-05-01T14:39:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T18:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2013\/05\/01\/may-day\/"},"modified":"2013-05-01T14:39:32","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T18:39:32","slug":"may-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2013\/05\/01\/may-day\/","title":{"rendered":"May Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is May Day?<\/strong><br \/>\nMay Day is May 1st and is a celebration of the arrival of spring. It is believed that the holiday originated in Roman times as a festival of flowers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1676\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/05\/may_day_baskets-1024x761.jpg\" alt=\"may_day_baskets-1024x761\" width=\"368\" height=\"274\" \/>Today, children celebrate this day by making small baskets filled with treats or flowers to give secretly to friends and neighbors. It is a common custom (and lots of fun) to leave the basket on the doorstep of a friend, ring the doorbell and run away.<\/p>\n<p>How about making some May Day baskets today with your host kids?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is May Day? May Day is May 1st and is a celebration of the arrival of spring. It is believed that the holiday originated in Roman times as a festival of flowers. 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