METAMORPHOSIS

 May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times, with the festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, held on April 27 during the Roman Republic era. Gaelic Beltane, most commonly held on April 30, was also associated with May Day celebrations. The day was a traditional holiday in many pre-Christian European pagan cultures.

Roman Catholics observe May Day with various devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary.  In works of art, school skits, and so forth, Mary's head will often be adorned with flowers in a May crowning. May 1 is also a feast day of the Catholic patron saint of workers St Joseph the Worker, a carpenter, husband to Mother Mary.

Early European settlers to America celebrated making baskets, filling with treats and left at someone’s doorstep. The giver rings the bell and runs away. Modern May Day ceremonies in the U.S. vary from region to region and many unite both the holiday's "Green Root" (pagan) and...