For many years there has been a tradition of celebrating spring on May 1st or May Day. One of the most popularly known May Day traditions is to hang a basket full of spring flowers and/or other small gifts on a neighbor's doorknob. The goal is for you to knock and leave without your neighbor seeing you!
This is also a wonderful activity to extend to Nursing Homes or Assisted Living Apartments.
Pilgrims brought to America a custom of giving May baskets on the first day of May - one that had been handed down for generations in Europe. Children placed wild flowers or bits of homemade goodies in a May basket and left the basket on the doorstep of a friend's house. It was their way of saying, "You are my friend." Children made their own May baskets, usually weaving them out of long grasses and ropes.
Source: Child Evangelism, May 1955
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