Do you "celebrate" St. Patrick's Day with your kids?

[Anonymous]

Geez - we're about to go thru ivf treatments and stuff like this terrifies me. I feel like we're barely going to have time to raise a kid right. But now parents are supposed to do over the top bullshit for d-level holidays like st Patrick's day??!?! When I was a kid, we wore something green or other kids pinched you. That was it. What is this bs about leprechaun traps, gold coins and messing up rooms? are there other weird holidays that were not a thing when I was a kid that are major now? I'm a gen x'er.

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Anonymous wrote:Geez - we're about to go thru ivf treatments and stuff like this terrifies me. I feel like we're barely going to have time to raise a kid right. But now parents are supposed to do over the top bullshit for d-level holidays like st Patrick's day??!?! When I was a kid, we wore something green or other kids pinched you. That was it. What is this bs about leprechaun traps, gold coins and messing up rooms? are there other weird holidays that were not a thing when I was a kid that are major now? I'm a gen x'er.

It takes less than five minutes to flip over some pillows, leave a little gift (gold chocolate coins), and squirt some green food coloring in the toilet. This is perhaps the least stressful thing you will do as a parent.

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Anonymous wrote:Geez - we're about to go thru ivf treatments and stuff like this terrifies me. I feel like we're barely going to have time to raise a kid right. But now parents are supposed to do over the top bullshit for d-level holidays like st Patrick's day??!?! When I was a kid, we wore something green or other kids pinched you. That was it. What is this bs about leprechaun traps, gold coins and messing up rooms? are there other weird holidays that were not a thing when I was a kid that are major now? I'm a gen x'er.

We're Irish and we only did leprechaun traps for school. It was no different than any other project that they had for school but I actually think that the magical aspect made the project more fun. How would you go about trapping a leprechaun? What type of bait would you use? At school they would often put green dye in the toilets and when the kids went out of the classroom for lunch or recess a leprechaun would visit the classroom and leave evidence behind that he/she had been there.

At home, I always make corned beef and cabbage and Irish soda bread. I'll sometimes pick up some shamrock cookies or do slice and bake. But that's about the extent of our Saint Patrick's Day celebration at home. And, realistically, even if we had done more - glitter, footprints, etc - it wouldn't have been any more work than the tooth fairy (which we did do).

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Anonymous wrote:Geez - we're about to go thru ivf treatments and stuff like this terrifies me. I feel like we're barely going to have time to raise a kid right. But now parents are supposed to do over the top bullshit for d-level holidays like st Patrick's day??!?! When I was a kid, we wore something green or other kids pinched you. That was it. What is this bs about leprechaun traps, gold coins and messing up rooms? are there other weird holidays that were not a thing when I was a kid that are major now? I'm a gen x'er.

It takes less than five minutes to flip over some pillows, leave a little gift (gold chocolate coins), and squirt some green food coloring in the toilet. This is perhaps the least stressful thing you will do as a parent.

I'm all about the magic of childhood and making a big deal about Santa, the tooth fairy and the Easter Bunny. I've never heard of doing these things. Why are you doing them? Are you pretending to be a leprechaun? I never thought they were real and neither do my kids. They wore green yesterday and that's it. I don't know of any parent that does this. It must be another DCUM myth.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Same way I did as a kid: wear green, make my grandma's soda bread recipe, drink green milk, corned beef for dinner. I went overboard this year and also made them a scavenger hunt that ended with a box of lucky charms. Sometimes we go to the parade

[Anonymous]

We wear green. Some years, we might do a craft or decorate cookies (especially if it coincides with a snow day). This year, we just wore green.

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Anonymous wrote:Geez - we're about to go thru ivf treatments and stuff like this terrifies me. I feel like we're barely going to have time to raise a kid right. But now parents are supposed to do over the top bullshit for d-level holidays like st Patrick's day??!?! When I was a kid, we wore something green or other kids pinched you. That was it. What is this bs about leprechaun traps, gold coins and messing up rooms? are there other weird holidays that were not a thing when I was a kid that are major now? I'm a gen x'er.

It takes less than five minutes to flip over some pillows, leave a little gift (gold chocolate coins), and squirt some green food coloring in the toilet. This is perhaps the least stressful thing you will do as a parent.

I'm all about the magic of childhood and making a big deal about Santa, the tooth fairy and the Easter Bunny. I've never heard of doing these things. Why are you doing them? Are you pretending to be a leprechaun? I never thought they were real and neither do my kids. They wore green yesterday and that's it. I don't know of any parent that does this. It must be another DCUM myth.

It's the same as the other holidays you mentioned, so why not?

If you sprinkle fairy dust for the tooth fairy, then why not put green food coloring in the toilet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Geez - we're about to go thru ivf treatments and stuff like this terrifies me. I feel like we're barely going to have time to raise a kid right. But now parents are supposed to do over the top bullshit for d-level holidays like st Patrick's day??!?! When I was a kid, we wore something green or other kids pinched you. That was it. What is this bs about leprechaun traps, gold coins and messing up rooms? are there other weird holidays that were not a thing when I was a kid that are major now? I'm a gen x'er.

Fellow gen-X'er here. You don't have to be a "Pinterest mom". I don't do any of those things. My parents are from Ireland, and St Patrick's day is actually an important holiday for us and we do none of those things. Run your own race, love your kids, parent them as well as you can, and don't worry about these sorts of extras.

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Anonymous wrote:Geez - we're about to go thru ivf treatments and stuff like this terrifies me. I feel like we're barely going to have time to raise a kid right. But now parents are supposed to do over the top bullshit for d-level holidays like st Patrick's day??!?! When I was a kid, we wore something green or other kids pinched you. That was it. What is this bs about leprechaun traps, gold coins and messing up rooms? are there other weird holidays that were not a thing when I was a kid that are major now? I'm a gen x'er.

It takes less than five minutes to flip over some pillows, leave a little gift (gold chocolate coins), and squirt some green food coloring in the toilet. This is perhaps the least stressful thing you will do as a parent.

I'm all about the magic of childhood and making a big deal about Santa, the tooth fairy and the Easter Bunny. I've never heard of doing these things. Why are you doing them? Are you pretending to be a leprechaun? I never thought they were real and neither do my kids. They wore green yesterday and that's it. I don't know of any parent that does this. It must be another DCUM myth.

It's the same as the other holidays you mentioned, so why not?

If you sprinkle fairy dust for the tooth fairy, then why not put green food coloring in the toilet?

My oldest is 9 and it's because of what I said before. It is not that I'm purposely not doing these things. I've never heard of them until today when I read this. I don't know anyone IRL putting food coloring in their toilet. I don't go on Pinterest frequently. Maybe that is why. Before the kids were born we would go out drinking. I'm not anti- St. Patrick's Day but I never considered it a children's holiday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Geez - we're about to go thru ivf treatments and stuff like this terrifies me. I feel like we're barely going to have time to raise a kid right. But now parents are supposed to do over the top bullshit for d-level holidays like st Patrick's day??!?! When I was a kid, we wore something green or other kids pinched you. That was it. What is this bs about leprechaun traps, gold coins and messing up rooms? are there other weird holidays that were not a thing when I was a kid that are major now? I'm a gen x'er.

Wow. This sort of stuff terrifies you? It is your family... do what you want to do.

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Anonymous wrote:Geez - we're about to go thru ivf treatments and stuff like this terrifies me. I feel like we're barely going to have time to raise a kid right. But now parents are supposed to do over the top bullshit for d-level holidays like st Patrick's day??!?! When I was a kid, we wore something green or other kids pinched you. That was it. What is this bs about leprechaun traps, gold coins and messing up rooms? are there other weird holidays that were not a thing when I was a kid that are major now? I'm a gen x'er.

It takes less than five minutes to flip over some pillows, leave a little gift (gold chocolate coins), and squirt some green food coloring in the toilet. This is perhaps the least stressful thing you will do as a parent.

I'm all about the magic of childhood and making a big deal about Santa, the tooth fairy and the Easter Bunny. I've never heard of doing these things. Why are you doing them? Are you pretending to be a leprechaun? I never thought they were real and neither do my kids. They wore green yesterday and that's it. I don't know of any parent that does this. It must be another DCUM myth.

It's the same as the other holidays you mentioned, so why not?

If you sprinkle fairy dust for the tooth fairy, then why not put green food coloring in the toilet?

My oldest is 9 and it's because of what I said before. It is not that I'm purposely not doing these things. I've never heard of them until today when I read this. I don't know anyone IRL putting food coloring in their toilet. I don't go on Pinterest frequently. Maybe that is why. Before the kids were born we would go out drinking. I'm not anti- St. Patrick's Day but I never considered it a children's holiday.

I don't go on Pinterest either, yet we do celebrate St. Patrick's Day. FTR, parents were sprinkling green food coloring in toilets decades ago...it's not a Pinterest thing.

And stop lashing out at parents who do fun things for their kids. Stop using Pinterest as a way to throw rocks at other moms...it's not cool.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Geez - we're about to go thru ivf treatments and stuff like this terrifies me. I feel like we're barely going to have time to raise a kid right. But now parents are supposed to do over the top bullshit for d-level holidays like st Patrick's day??!?! When I was a kid, we wore something green or other kids pinched you. That was it. What is this bs about leprechaun traps, gold coins and messing up rooms? are there other weird holidays that were not a thing when I was a kid that are major now? I'm a gen x'er.

It takes less than five minutes to flip over some pillows, leave a little gift (gold chocolate coins), and squirt some green food coloring in the toilet. This is perhaps the least stressful thing you will do as a parent.

I'm all about the magic of childhood and making a big deal about Santa, the tooth fairy and the Easter Bunny. I've never heard of doing these things. Why are you doing them? Are you pretending to be a leprechaun? I never thought they were real and neither do my kids. They wore green yesterday and that's it. I don't know of any parent that does this. It must be another DCUM myth.

It's the same as the other holidays you mentioned, so why not?

If you sprinkle fairy dust for the tooth fairy, then why not put green food coloring in the toilet?

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easy enough to do

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Geez - we're about to go thru ivf treatments and stuff like this terrifies me. I feel like we're barely going to have time to raise a kid right. But now parents are supposed to do over the top bullshit for d-level holidays like st Patrick's day??!?! When I was a kid, we wore something green or other kids pinched you. That was it. What is this bs about leprechaun traps, gold coins and messing up rooms? are there other weird holidays that were not a thing when I was a kid that are major now? I'm a gen x'er.

It takes less than five minutes to flip over some pillows, leave a little gift (gold chocolate coins), and squirt some green food coloring in the toilet. This is perhaps the least stressful thing you will do as a parent.

I'm all about the magic of childhood and making a big deal about Santa, the tooth fairy and the Easter Bunny. I've never heard of doing these things. Why are you doing them? Are you pretending to be a leprechaun? I never thought they were real and neither do my kids. They wore green yesterday and that's it. I don't know of any parent that does this. It must be another DCUM myth.

It's the same as the other holidays you mentioned, so why not?

If you sprinkle fairy dust for the tooth fairy, then why not put green food coloring in the toilet?

My oldest is 9 and it's because of what I said before. It is not that I'm purposely not doing these things. I've never heard of them until today when I read this. I don't know anyone IRL putting food coloring in their toilet. I don't go on Pinterest frequently. Maybe that is why. Before the kids were born we would go out drinking. I'm not anti- St. Patrick's Day but I never considered it a children's holiday.

well now you do.

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Anonymous wrote:Geez - we're about to go thru ivf treatments and stuff like this terrifies me. I feel like we're barely going to have time to raise a kid right. But now parents are supposed to do over the top bullshit for d-level holidays like st Patrick's day??!?! When I was a kid, we wore something green or other kids pinched you. That was it. What is this bs about leprechaun traps, gold coins and messing up rooms? are there other weird holidays that were not a thing when I was a kid that are major now? I'm a gen x'er.

It takes less than five minutes to flip over some pillows, leave a little gift (gold chocolate coins), and squirt some green food coloring in the toilet. This is perhaps the least stressful thing you will do as a parent.

I'm all about the magic of childhood and making a big deal about Santa, the tooth fairy and the Easter Bunny. I've never heard of doing these things. Why are you doing them? Are you pretending to be a leprechaun? I never thought they were real and neither do my kids. They wore green yesterday and that's it. I don't know of any parent that does this. It must be another DCUM myth.

It's the same as the other holidays you mentioned, so why not?

If you sprinkle fairy dust for the tooth fairy, then why not put green food coloring in the toilet?

+ 1

easy enough to do

You know, as an Irish-American, the idea that celebrating St Patrick's day means putting food coloring in the toilet bowl comes across as rather insulting. It's great that it's "easy to do", but it's pretty far afield from anything Irish. Watch a parade, wear green, listen to music, eat some soda bread, that might be a better approach.

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Anonymous wrote:Geez - we're about to go thru ivf treatments and stuff like this terrifies me. I feel like we're barely going to have time to raise a kid right. But now parents are supposed to do over the top bullshit for d-level holidays like st Patrick's day??!?! When I was a kid, we wore something green or other kids pinched you. That was it. What is this bs about leprechaun traps, gold coins and messing up rooms? are there other weird holidays that were not a thing when I was a kid that are major now? I'm a gen x'er.

It takes less than five minutes to flip over some pillows, leave a little gift (gold chocolate coins), and squirt some green food coloring in the toilet. This is perhaps the least stressful thing you will do as a parent.

I'm all about the magic of childhood and making a big deal about Santa, the tooth fairy and the Easter Bunny. I've never heard of doing these things. Why are you doing them? Are you pretending to be a leprechaun? I never thought they were real and neither do my kids. They wore green yesterday and that's it. I don't know of any parent that does this. It must be another DCUM myth.

It's the same as the other holidays you mentioned, so why not?

If you sprinkle fairy dust for the tooth fairy, then why not put green food coloring in the toilet?

+ 1

easy enough to do

You know, as an Irish-American, the idea that celebrating St Patrick's day means putting food coloring in the toilet bowl comes across as rather insulting. It's great that it's "easy to do", but it's pretty far afield from anything Irish. Watch a parade, wear green, listen to music, eat some soda bread, that might be a better approach.

Do you say the same thing about Santa and the Easter Bunny being offensive to Christians? It's the same thing.