Chatbug Karen

In case you have have been waiting for the answer to my question in an earlier post I will tell the answer now. Earlier, I asked what started college students making the trek to warm climate during their spring break. This is unofficial but I read in the SallieMae 411 publication that some people think spring break dates back to ancient Greek rituals. Back then, people of “mate-able” age welcomed the return of spring in rituals celebrating Dionysus. You might say they partied like it was 999. Some of the current American Spring Break traditions hark back to the 19th century. Traveling to the coast or a mineral spring as a restorative cure for the “rigors of academic life” was common among the well-to-do set of American College students in the 1800′s.