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November 1, 2008 - the celebration of the patron saint, which happens to be a RELIGIOUS thing, of IRELAND. As far as I can tell, it's just another excuse for people to drink.

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Tradition. Doesn't matter what decent you are. ... ... I don't do anything to celebrate St. Patricks day, but my kids like to wear green. ... ... I would imagine most people don't need a holiday to drink. But it is a novelty to have green beer. ... ... Even if you are not Irish, isn't it always good to have an excuse to feel happy and have fun (im not talking about drinking - people that dont drink normally would not start drinking just because its St. Patricks Day) ... ... By the way, Happy St. Patrick's Day for next Saturday, that coming from a Native American who will be wearing green.
Easy there, oh, grumpy one ! You seem especially ascerbic and curmudeonly today ! ... Let people celebrate what they choose to. ... I'll have a shot of vodka on St Cyril's Day.
It may be crap to you, but Irish Americans celebrate their heritage by wearing green clothes and drinking green beer. ... ... Ironically, for almost its entire history St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated with far greater fanfare in Boston or New York than it was in Galway or Dublin. In Ireland, St. Patrick's feast day was a time to attend church and celebrate in low-key mannergreen beer and "Kiss me, I'm Irish buttons" were strictly made in America. Struck by the strange paradox that parts of the world (the U.S., Canada, and Australia) were making a bigger hoopla out of St. Patrick Day than the Emerald Isle itselfthe Irish began a national campaign in the last decade to transform St. Patrick's Day into an authentic Irish celebration.
Just a comment.... ... im from the uk & i dont need a st patricks day or a st georges day as an excuse for a drink, i drink 7 days a week but the day i dont go to work because of it then i will stop the alcohol right away!!
People just like to get drunk off green beer... its an "excuse" to drink a lot... and run around pinching people... its for fun... when i was in first grade the teacher made little green foot prinks all over the class room and if we followed them we found diffrent things all of them were green.. its all in fun..
I like it. Embracing and celebrating different cultures is about as all American as it can get. ... I had a friend who DID make a big deal out of May Day because it was her birthday. We all thought it was just clean fun. Ocassionally we learned something too.
Yeah! And my daughter's 15 year old friend (and family) who is from Russia needs to accept the fact that they now live in American and quit going to specific stores that carry supplies, candies and trinkets that are specifically for Russians. ... ... I mean come on, for people to think that America is the land of the free is just a crock of bull. We really have the wool pulled over their eyes!
If they want to why not? Who is it hurting? No one is saying you have to.
Then you might as well say we shouldn't be celebrating any holidays here in the USA. The majority of our holidays originated in another country. This country is a melting pot of almost every other country in the world. That is America.

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