Need an excuse to celebrate? Probably not, but May is filled with holidays. If you are a teacher, a mother, a worker, or just want to raise a glass to toast Cinco de Mayo, there is a holiday for you in May!

I remember when I was teaching here in Playa del Carmen last year we were rarely in class for the first two weeks of May due to the plethora of holidays. May is a time for celebration in Mexico. This past weekend you may have noticed in street festivities or local businesses closing early Saturday afternoon. Children’s Day was on Saturday, and the national holiday, Primero de Mayo was celebrated yesterday…….

• May 1: Primero de Mayo is the Mexican national holiday that is equivalent to the U.S. Labor Day.
• May 3: Holy Cross Day Día de la Santa Cruz, when construction workers decorate and mount crosses on unfinished buildings, followed by fireworks and picnics at the construction site.
• May 5: Cinco de Mayo The holiday of Cinco De Mayo, The 5th Of May, commemorates the victory of the Mexicans over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. It is primarily a regional holiday celebrated in the Mexican state capital city of Puebla and throughout the state of Puebla, with some recognition in other parts of the Mexico, and especially in U.S. cities with a significant Mexican population. It is not, as many people think, Mexico's Independence Day, which is actually September 16.
• May 10: Mother's Day, Due to the importance of the mother in Mexican culture, Mother's Day is an especially significant holiday. Mexicans observe Día de las Madres wholeheartedly and enthusiastically. Cynical comments about another "Hallmark holiday" and complaints about retailers' ad campaigns are not heard here. Instead, the day is celebrated with flowers, presents, and special programs. School children proudly invite their mothers to plays, dances and recitals. Stores, movie theatres and supermarkets all give out little recuerdos, or remembrances, to the mothers who come in during the day.
• May 15^th: Teacher’s Day In 1918 tit was he first celebration of Teachers' Day, celebrated annually on this date every year since.

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