Cinco de Mayo

They’re our neighbor to the south. We share the second largest border between two countries. We enjoy their food and celebrate their culture every year on May 5. But, what do we really know about the officially named United Mexican States?

It’s May and that means that soon we’ll be celebrating our Mexican heritage, much like we all celebrate our Irish heritage in March…even when we have neither. Cinco de Mayo is a great excuse to leave work early, eat tortilla chips and drink more tequila than sanity allows, but is it starting to feel just a little bit like the same old thing?

Cinco de Mayo is fast approaching. Most folks pull out the guacamole and celebrate with friends over margarita specials at their local cantina, but beyond the revelry of the fiesta, here are a few things you might not know about the fifth of May holiday:

Cinco de Mayo is not widely celebrated in Mexico, but is huge in the United States, truly making it a Mexican-American holiday.

In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, Buzz and the Morning Show decided it would be fun to let you guys "Sinko de Mayor-O" for charity (and free tickets)! We made a donation to the Mayor's Feed The Homeless charity, and set him up in a dunking booth right out front of the radio station and asked listeners to come out and make a donation for a chance to "Sinko de Mayor-O" to win a 4-