Why do we have to celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do we have to celebrate Presidents' Day? And MLK Day? And Juneteenth?

No one actually celebrates those as happy holidays though other than an MLK parade and a speech at work. There isn't special food, special colors and activities (like leprechaun traps) associated.

I don't understand how someone can't remember what day St. Patricks is on- the date doesn't change! Just wear green- done. No one actually cares if you don't do anything.

Leprechaun traps are a dumb elementary school activity and have nothing to do with Ireland. I find them appalling.

Actually, it is Irish legend that Leprechauns are notoriously difficult to catch, but if you do, they must grant you three wishes, but if you take your eyes off of them, they will vanish, and they are good at tricking you into looking away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now that Valentine's Day is over...

I'm not Irish. I'm not into drinking. I'm so depressed that remembering to wear green on a random March day so coworkers don't comment is basically impossible. Why do we make such a big deal out of thing and why do we force others into acknowledging it? I can't really think of another holiday where you absolutely can't get away with ignoring it completely.

As my dear Irish friend told me. "There are only two types of people:. the Irish and those who wish they were Irish " and she promptly tapped both shoulders and declared me an "Honorary Irish person for life.".

I wear 💚 green, have shamrock ☘️ earrings, and drink a green beer every March 17. It's called "fun."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have Irish heritage, lived in Ireland for a while, live in Chicago, and unless my family hosts a St. Patrick's day party, have literally never worn green on purpose on the holiday and have never been pinched or harassed because of it. It's not standard in Ireland (and for those who say drinking excessively is not common in Ireland on St. Patrick's day, I'd urge you to perhaps update your perception on that because it absolutely is, at least in the cities). Beyond *perhaps* a slack message or two in our "random" channel, I don't think the holiday is acknowledged at my workplace and if someone tried to pinch me I'd probably hit them.

So, yeah, seconding those folks who don't see the issue. And if people are giving you a hard time about it, just ignore them. They're annoying.

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Chicago turns the river green. There is no way you can be living in Chicago and avoid St. Patty's day. So much fun there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do we have to celebrate Presidents' Day? And MLK Day? And Juneteenth?

No one actually celebrates those as happy holidays though other than an MLK parade and a speech at work. There isn't special food, special colors and activities (like leprechaun traps) associated.

I don't understand how someone can't remember what day St. Patricks is on- the date doesn't change! Just wear green- done. No one actually cares if you don't do anything.

Leprechaun traps are a dumb elementary school activity and have nothing to do with Ireland. I find them appalling.

+1

I knew nothing about them, but when all the kids were small, they had at least one Irish teacher (so I found out!) - and I had to do all this research on what I was "supposed" to be doing because of Leprechauns or some BS. That teacher set the bar high and hyped it up for probably two weeks. The kids had high expectations, and I was befuddled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do we have to celebrate Presidents' Day? And MLK Day? And Juneteenth?

No one actually celebrates those as happy holidays though other than an MLK parade and a speech at work. There isn't special food, special colors and activities (like leprechaun traps) associated.

I don't understand how someone can't remember what day St. Patricks is on- the date doesn't change! Just wear green- done. No one actually cares if you don't do anything.

Leprechaun traps are a dumb elementary school activity and have nothing to do with Ireland. I find them appalling.

Actually, it is Irish legend that Leprechauns are notoriously difficult to catch, but if you do, they must grant you three wishes, but if you take your eyes off of them, they will vanish, and they are good at tricking you into looking away.

I’m familiar with the legend but it has nothing to do with St Patrick’s day and it’s certainly not something you’d ever encounter in Ireland. It’s an annoying American activity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now that Valentine's Day is over...

I'm not Irish. I'm not into drinking. I'm so depressed that remembering to wear green on a random March day so coworkers don't comment is basically impossible. Why do we make such a big deal out of thing and why do we force others into acknowledging it? I can't really think of another holiday where you absolutely can't get away with ignoring it completely.

As my dear Irish friend told me. "There are only two types of people:. the Irish and those who wish they were Irish " and she promptly tapped both shoulders and declared me an "Honorary Irish person for life.".

I wear 💚 green, have shamrock ☘️ earrings, and drink a green beer every March 17. It's called "fun."

That's so dumb. I don't wish I was Irish. What purpose would that serve?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have Irish heritage, lived in Ireland for a while, live in Chicago, and unless my family hosts a St. Patrick's day party, have literally never worn green on purpose on the holiday and have never been pinched or harassed because of it. It's not standard in Ireland (and for those who say drinking excessively is not common in Ireland on St. Patrick's day, I'd urge you to perhaps update your perception on that because it absolutely is, at least in the cities). Beyond *perhaps* a slack message or two in our "random" channel, I don't think the holiday is acknowledged at my workplace and if someone tried to pinch me I'd probably hit them.

So, yeah, seconding those folks who don't see the issue. And if people are giving you a hard time about it, just ignore them. They're annoying.

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Chicago turns the river green. There is no way you can be living in Chicago and avoid St. Patty's day. So much fun there.

Did I say I avoid it? No. But it's certainly not everywhere, and I never feel pressure to celebrate it. If you go looking for stuff there's plenty to find.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Valentine's Day is over...

I'm not Irish. I'm not into drinking. I'm so depressed that remembering to wear green on a random March day so coworkers don't comment is basically impossible. Why do we make such a big deal out of thing and why do we force others into acknowledging it? I can't really think of another holiday where you absolutely can't get away with ignoring it completely.

As my dear Irish friend told me. "There are only two types of people:. the Irish and those who wish they were Irish " and she promptly tapped both shoulders and declared me an "Honorary Irish person for life.".

I wear 💚 green, have shamrock ☘️ earrings, and drink a green beer every March 17. It's called "fun."

That's so dumb. I don't wish I was Irish. What purpose would that serve?

It's a joke. You understand what humor is, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do we have to celebrate Presidents' Day? And MLK Day? And Juneteenth?

No one actually celebrates those as happy holidays though other than an MLK parade and a speech at work. There isn't special food, special colors and activities (like leprechaun traps) associated.

I don't understand how someone can't remember what day St. Patricks is on- the date doesn't change! Just wear green- done. No one actually cares if you don't do anything.

Leprechaun traps are a dumb elementary school activity and have nothing to do with Ireland. I find them appalling.

Actually, it is Irish legend that Leprechauns are notoriously difficult to catch, but if you do, they must grant you three wishes, but if you take your eyes off of them, they will vanish, and they are good at tricking you into looking away.

My DD's 2nd grade teacher did an awesome engineering activity around leprechaun traps. I can't imagine what's appalling about them. Sorry you hate fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Valentine's Day is over...

I'm not Irish. I'm not into drinking. I'm so depressed that remembering to wear green on a random March day so coworkers don't comment is basically impossible. Why do we make such a big deal out of thing and why do we force others into acknowledging it? I can't really think of another holiday where you absolutely can't get away with ignoring it completely.

As my dear Irish friend told me. "There are only two types of people:. the Irish and those who wish they were Irish " and she promptly tapped both shoulders and declared me an "Honorary Irish person for life.".

I wear 💚 green, have shamrock ☘️ earrings, and drink a green beer every March 17. It's called "fun."

That's so dumb. I don't wish I was Irish. What purpose would that serve?

It's a joke. You understand what humor is, right?

Jokes are supposed to be funny, though. I don't understand saying if someone's not Irish, they wish they were. I'd never given a second thought to wanting to be of a different background.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do we have to celebrate Presidents' Day? And MLK Day? And Juneteenth?

No one actually celebrates those as happy holidays though other than an MLK parade and a speech at work. There isn't special food, special colors and activities (like leprechaun traps) associated.

I don't understand how someone can't remember what day St. Patricks is on- the date doesn't change! Just wear green- done. No one actually cares if you don't do anything.

Leprechaun traps are a dumb elementary school activity and have nothing to do with Ireland. I find them appalling.

Actually, it is Irish legend that Leprechauns are notoriously difficult to catch, but if you do, they must grant you three wishes, but if you take your eyes off of them, they will vanish, and they are good at tricking you into looking away.

I loved that tradition when my kids were in elementary school. So much fun.

Please stop being "appalled" at this OP. It only takes one complaint about "how offended your are!" and the fun gets cancelled for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you agree it's ok to call someone out for not wearing green on a holiday they feel no connection to? Weird.

how hard is it to say "oops, forgot"? It's just a fun holiday - like Cinco de Mayo. Do it, don't do it - no one cares that much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Valentine's Day is over...

I'm not Irish. I'm not into drinking. I'm so depressed that remembering to wear green on a random March day so coworkers don't comment is basically impossible. Why do we make such a big deal out of thing and why do we force others into acknowledging it? I can't really think of another holiday where you absolutely can't get away with ignoring it completely.

As my dear Irish friend told me. "There are only two types of people:. the Irish and those who wish they were Irish " and she promptly tapped both shoulders and declared me an "Honorary Irish person for life.".

I wear 💚 green, have shamrock ☘️ earrings, and drink a green beer every March 17. It's called "fun."

That's so dumb. I don't wish I was Irish. What purpose would that serve?

It's a joke. You understand what humor is, right?

Jokes are supposed to be funny, though. I don't understand saying if someone's not Irish, they wish they were. I'd never given a second thought to wanting to be of a different background.

I have a feeling you don't find many things funny. Or fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Valentine's Day is over...

I'm not Irish. I'm not into drinking. I'm so depressed that remembering to wear green on a random March day so coworkers don't comment is basically impossible. Why do we make such a big deal out of thing and why do we force others into acknowledging it? I can't really think of another holiday where you absolutely can't get away with ignoring it completely.

As my dear Irish friend told me. "There are only two types of people:. the Irish and those who wish they were Irish " and she promptly tapped both shoulders and declared me an "Honorary Irish person for life.".

I wear 💚 green, have shamrock ☘️ earrings, and drink a green beer every March 17. It's called "fun."

That's so dumb. I don't wish I was Irish. What purpose would that serve?

I feel sorry for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do we have to celebrate Presidents' Day? And MLK Day? And Juneteenth?

We don’t.