Originally Posted by
DriGuy 
Christmas is for Santa. Valentines is for lovers. Halloween is for dressing up in silly costumes. Saint Patrick's is for... well, I'm not really sure. On this side of the pond, it seems like a celebration of unrestrained drinking. Don't get me wrong. As an alcoholic, I thought it was a fine tradition, and I developed a loving respect for the Irish, who in my mind were important because they devoted their lives to staggering around slurring their words in an accent that I could hardly understand in the first place.
Originally Posted by
Zanna Always makes me smile that the rest of the world celebrate St Paddy's Day so much. I was born in Ireland and we hardly notice it over here
Have a great and sober day
No it's not big in Ireland so I hear
I think it developed as a day set aside for those Irish people living away from 'home', or the descendants of those people, to celebrate their Irishness.
I don't remember it being a big drinking day here when I was a kid but by the time I was in my twenties it had gone that way.
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