Reader Friday-May Day or No Pants Day?

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From Wikipedia:

Now, be honest! Doesn’t this look like fun?

“No Pants Day is an annual event in various countries that became more widely celebrated in the 2000s. It is most often observed on the first Friday in May and involves publicly wearing only undergarments on the lower part of the body, not nudity. Except for making people laugh, the holiday typically serves no other purpose or agenda, but some organizers later used it to raise social issues.”

(No agenda…how refreshing!)

“May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on May 1…

International Workers’ Day, also called Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and working classes…and occurs every year on May 1 or the first Monday in May.”

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So, TKZers, what’s your pleasure today? Would you rather celebrate May Day, International Workers’ Day, or No Pants Day?

Me? Hands down, No Pants Day, every day and twice on Sunday . . . way more fun than the other two!

 

13 thoughts on “Reader Friday-May Day or No Pants Day?”

  1. Good morning, Deb! In my case, I celebrate one of my oldest friend’s birthdays today. Mark turned 74. We met because of a mutual friend. We were all interested in military history and in fact played wargames, both the board game variety and the kind that use painted miniature figures to recreate historical battles. That was 44 years ago. Mark’s nine years older than I, and definitely wiser.

    • Good May Day morn, Dale!

      Lesson here . . . hang on to those friends, my friend. 🙂

      And BTW, I remember playing those war games in our next-door-neighbor’s basement. A bunch of the neighborhood boys got together and had a blast killing each other’s soldiers off. They merely tolerated my presence, I’m sure, but it was so fun to watch.

      Thanks for stopping by!

  3. I’m wearing pajamas. Does that count as no pants? My elementary school had an annual May Day celebration in the grass circle in front of the school. Each grade would do something together like bounce balls to music, and the sixth graders would do a real Maypole dance. I still remember the weaving process.

    • Hi Marilyn!

      Pajamas work… 🙂

      I, too, remember the grade school May Days–at the grade school about a mile from where we live now. (!) Love being where I “grew up”.

      We wore special colored ribbons in our hair to circle up around the maypole. Not sure of the significance of that, but we were a cute bunch!

      Thanks for dropping by, and have a great weekend.

  4. NO PANTS! Every day and all day. If you never get out of your nightgown, you don’t have to put on pants. I do remember running around a May pole at 5 years of age, but I couldn’t even slow walk around one now. Also, as a kid, it began the countdown to SUMMER!

    • Good day to you, Susan.

      Agree about the pajamas. Evidently, Marilyn does, too.

      Yes, summer…maybe the teachers celebrated May Day for the same reason? 🙂

      Have a great day!

  5. Perhaps it’s just me, but as I grow older, a process I am quite happy to continue, I find days less important than people. So, a holiday’s real importance to me is that it can bring family and friends together. With my family, I’m not so sure Underwear Day would be something anyone would want to see.

  6. On May Day we had games like hurdles, pole vaulting, races…that sort of thing. I remember one time doing the Maypole thingy but we made such a mess of it, it was never done again.

    This February the neighborhood I live in had a Brinner–breakfast at dinner and everyone came in their pajamas…

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