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May 11th, 2008

Happy Mother’s Day

Wishing all “All Holiday Cafe” readers a relaxed and enjoyable Mother’s Day!
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May 10th, 2008

Asian-American Month

May is Asian-American month in the United States. This celebration, begun in 1978, honors one of the fastest growing segments of the US population. According to the US Census Bureau, more than 15 million people of Asian descent reside in the US, about five percent of the population. Five million of these live in California. […]

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May 9th, 2008

World Cocktail Week

World Cocktail Week is May 8 - 13. The b5media Travel Channel has been having a good time with this holiday, with many of the bloggers posting their favorite cocktails. Below are just some of the posts:

Las Vegas Cocktails
Zurich Cocktails
Chicago Cocktails
A Family-Friendly Disney Cocktail
A Sake Margarita from Tokyo
A (tongue in cheek) Seattle Cocktail
Personally, I’m more […]

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May 8th, 2008

World Red Cross Day

May 8 is World Red Cross Day. The day celebrates the international Red Cross and Red Crescent, an emergency aid organization founded in 1922, shortly after World War I. May 8 was chosen because it is the birthday of founded, Henry Dunant.
Today, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent operates in 170 countries, helping people […]

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May 7th, 2008

Mother’s Day around the b5media LifeStyles Channel

Mother’s Day is just a few days away and the bloggers at b5media’s LifeStyles Channel are busy writing away about the upcoming holiday. Below is just a little bit of what they are saying:

Thrifty Mommy’s Day Gifts from “Thrifty Mommy” (of course)
A Mother’s Day Craft Idea from the “Mad Cropper”
More Mother’s Day Crafts from […]

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May 6th, 2008

Mother’s Day Turns 100

Mother’s Day in the United States is 100 years old this year. The holiday was founded in the US by Anna Jarvis in 1908 to honor her mother, women’s rights advocate, Anna Reeves Jarvis, who died in 1905. The younger Jarvis was born in West Virginia, but lived in Philadelphia at the time and both […]

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May 5th, 2008

Cinco de Mayo!

Today is Cinco de Mayo, the holiday that celebrates Mexico’s victory in the Battle of Puebla–a turning point in the war for Mexican Independence. Ironically, the holiday is celebrated more in the United States than in most parts of Mexico. (The town of Puebla does have an annual pagent.)
But, maybe it’s not so odd. […]

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May 3rd, 2008

Dia de la Cruz

May 3 is Dia de la Cruz (Day of the Holy Cross) in Mexico and some other Latin American countries. Until 1960, this was an official day in the Catholic Church. That year, Pope John XXIII removed it from the liturgical calendar (as there is another Holy Cross feast day in September).
In Mexico, however, the […]

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May 2nd, 2008

Flag Day in Poland

May 2 is Flag Day in Poland. Established in 2004, the day falls between Labor Day (May 1), a former Soviet holiday and now a Polish state holiday, and Constitution Day (May 3). Traditionally, Poles fly the white and red flag all three days and enjoy a nice three-day break from work.
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May 1st, 2008

It’s May!

…that lusty month of May and people are celebrating all over the world. No one expresses it better than Lerner and Loewe in “Camelot” (performed by Vanessa Redgrave).

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