May day

Tomisimo

May 01, 2008 09:18 AM

May day

Today is May Day in the United States, although I'm not really sure what it's supposed to celebrate. As far as I know, May first is Labor day in Mexico and Spain. Is this right? Is May 1st Labor day in any other countries?

I believe... May 1st.
Día del Trabajo -- in Mexico
Día del Trabajador -- in Spain

In the US, Labor day is celebrated in September.

Rusty

May 01, 2008 09:31 AM

Here is what Wiki says about May 1:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADa_del_Trabajo

Tomisimo

May 01, 2008 09:32 AM

I use Wikipedia a lot, but somehow I never think to go there first :o

Alfonso

May 02, 2008 03:33 AM

In Spain, the most common is Primero de Mayo, fiesta del trabajo, but nobody works!

Iris	May 02, 2008 07:38 AM

Here in Spain we celebrate everything by not working. Aren't we clever?:p

Tomisimo

May 04, 2008 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfonso (Post 7532)

but nobody works!

Yeah, I always thought that was funny. On Labor Day nobody works. :eek:

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