St. Patrick's Day

In Christianity St. Patrick is one of the most commonly known person. He is the saint of Ireland. He is very well known, but his life is sort of a mystery. He was born in Britain into a wealthy family. The holiday was created in 1737, March 17. This was when the first parade of St. Patrick’s Day took place. This celebration celebrates or remembers St. Patrick’s death. St. Patrick died in March 17 so that is why we celebrate it on March 17. People have feasts in remembrance to the patron of Ireland (St. Patrick). The Irish celebrate this with big feasts, green clothes and gathering as a family to celebrate it. We also celebrate St. Patrick’s Day to remember St. Patrick’s death on March 17. However, we do not celebrate this like the Irish do. We focus more onto the green clothes, and leprechauns, rather than the actual religious idea of it.

I did not know all this about St. Patrick’s Day. When I thought about this celebration I usually think about the green leprechaun. I did not know the actual background information to it. Even on television they show the leprechaun and a pot of gold, but not the actual background story about this celebration. I do not celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, but it was interesting to find out all this information on it. I am curious about why green is so important to this holiday. When I was researching I did not find this either, but I still wonder why. This holiday seems pretty interesting and I actually did not know much about this celebration before I had done this blog post.


http://www.history.com/content/stpatricksday/who-was-st.-patrick

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Patrick

http://www.theholidayspot.com/patrick/