{"id":1484,"date":"2012-05-01T10:31:01","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T17:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/scientologybeliefs\/?p=1484"},"modified":"2017-10-24T05:14:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T12:14:03","slug":"may-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/scientologybeliefs\/2012\/05\/may-day\/","title":{"rendered":"May Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/img.macjams.com\/song_art\/67900_MayPoleDance300-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Wikipedia, May Day was a traditional summer holiday in many pre-Christian\u00a0<a title=\"Europe\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Europe\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">European<\/a> pagan cultures. While February 1 was the first day of\u00a0<a title=\"Spring (season)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spring_(season)\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spring<\/a>, May 1 was the first day of\u00a0<a title=\"Summer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Summer\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">summer<\/a>; hence, the\u00a0<a title=\"Summer solstice\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Summer_solstice\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">summer solstice<\/a> on June 25 (now June 21) was\u00a0<a title=\"Midsummer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Midsummer\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Midsummer<\/a>. In the\u00a0<a title=\"Roman Catholic\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Catholic\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Roman Catholic<\/a> tradition, May is observed as Mary\u2019s month, and in these circles May Day is usually a celebration of the Blessed\u00a0<a title=\"Virgin Mary\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virgin_Mary\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Virgin Mary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Happy May Day! \u00a0Summer is finally here again!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 According to Wikipedia, May Day was a traditional summer holiday in many pre-Christian\u00a0European pagan cultures. While February 1 was the first day of\u00a0Spring, May 1 was the first day of\u00a0summer; hence, the\u00a0summer solstice on June 25 (now June 21) was\u00a0Midsummer. 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