HaPpY St. PaTrIcKs DaY!

[Mr. Peanuts]

We dont celebrate it here.

[Roggan]

"St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for thousands of years.

On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink, and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage."

Ironic how a religeous holiday is celebrated by downing as much alcohol as you can, god I love it.

[cundor]

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[ZeUs!!]

I was staying with 5 other girls (what a stud) so I had to endure a cocktail night on st patricks

[Nickname]

as an Irishman living in Canada, I explain St Pattys as this. Not the celebration of the man or the ideals, but the celebration of ireland, of friends and family, of food and beer.


I think thats more poetic.


EDIT: Oh and i'm single and god laid on st pattys anyways, fuck yes.

[Pressure Drop]

To those that don't seem to understand what St. Paddys day is all about imagine having no Christian knowledge and seeing Christmas for the first time without it being explained to you. You'd think it was just about buying/getting presents and eating far to much, because most of the religious content is now overshadowed by commercialism trying to get you to spend as much money as possible. This has gone on for so long now we now accept that santa is a big fat man who wears red (the red comes from a coca cola advertising campaign). etc... Anyway basically the meaning of St. Patricks day is lost and instead they try to sell you shity oversized green hats , in general sell you anything green and tacky and drink copious amount of alcohol --- which lets face it, is a hell of a lot more fun.

Anyway even though i'm Irish and have lived all my life in Ireland my knowledge of St. Patrick is sketchy partly because were i live in Ireland even that is a contentious issue (Belfast council didn't sponsor the festival in Belfast because there wasn't enough cross community work) and partly because i was never religious so never paid attention to R.E. So to me he was a welsh slave brought over to Ireland to be a shepherd, became a religious man and some how managed to drive all the snakes out of Ireland (ehm because there were never any) which made him a saint. As patron saint of ireland we must worship him by dressing in green and getting very drunk. Least thats my spin on it.

Bit late but
Happy St. Paddy's day