May Day Merriment: Envelope baskets. As May Day approaches, we’re all familiar with the May Pole tradition, or leaving baskets filled with treats and flowers secretly at someone’s door.

Learn more about where the May 1 holiday originated and how to celebrate May Day with traditions like May Day baskets, plus May Day basket ideas to DIY and buy.

May Day baskets — which are decorative baskets, often filled with flowers, treats, small gifts, and other goodies — aren’t as common of a custom as they used to be. While some people still ...

May Day!” she blurted as she continued building the baskets. No doubt Mom had a knack for “weaving” hilarious May Day basket jokes and could be diagnosed as a basket case (sorry about that).

Learn more about where the May 1 holiday originated and how to celebrate May Day with traditions like May Day baskets, plus May Day basket ideas to DIY and buy.