Labor Day - What is it Really?

As a kid I didn't really know what Labor Day was, but just knew my mom was off work and I wasn't in school and that was good enough for me. In Haymarket Square, 1886, a bomb was thrown at a labor rally resulting in a police riot. While the rest of the world sees the date as a key moment for worker's rights, the United States was afraid of the connection and set its labor day at the end of summer.
Then in 1894, Congress passed a law recognizing Labor Day as an official national holiday.  The Socialist Party held a similar celebration of the working class on May 1. This date eventually became known as May Day, and was celebrated by Socialists and Communists in commemoration of the working man. In the U.S., the first Monday in September was selected to reject any identification with Communism and the 1886 riot in Haymarket Square.  The two holidays though are forever linked, as for in many country including the US, May Day is now known as Labor Day.



The root of this holiday goes back more then most realize. In the beginning it was a celebration of pagan cults that worshipped trees and other things in nature. Overtime it was adopted to celebrate military and industrial workers. Many ancient traditions stem from the old Roman festival of flowers which included dancing around the May Pole and singing songs.  There is also superstitions dating back to pre-Christian times edged in luck.

The question I raise is "Can a Pagan Holiday Be Made Clean?" 2 Corinthians 2:14-17 reads: "Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what sharing does light have with darkness? Further, what harmony is there between Christ and Be´li·al? Or what portion does a faithful person have with an unbeliever? And what agreement does God’s temple have with idols? For we are a temple of a living God; just as God said: “I shall reside among them and walk among [them], and I shall be their God, and they will be my people.” ‘Therefore get out from among them, and separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah, ‘and quit touching the unclean thing’”; “‘and I will take YOU in.’”

Source: http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/common/labor-day