Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not Irish and I hate the color green, so no.

I wear orange, not catholic and Presbyterian.

LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not Irish and I hate the color green, so no.

I wear orange, not catholic and Presbyterian.

That is considered doubly offensive and you’re better wearing a different color, unless your aim is to be offensive.

Eh, that's a bit overblown and very much depends on where you are and how deliberately provocative you're being. In the US, realistically no one's going to care that much. If you're in, say, Derry it may be perceived as a very specific political message. But it's not the 90s anymore either.

My family is from the south and very much before th 1990s, and I was told absolutely no orange. The prangemen didn’t just spring up in the 90s in Derry. The association dates back to the 17th century and represents support for British unionism and Protestant supremacy in Ireland — so pretty antithetical to what most people who celebrate st Patrick’s day have in mind. It’s like showing up to a BLM march with a “thin blue line” sign — so even if you are very pro-union (British unionism for Ireland), st Patrick’s day is kind of a rude day to make that point.

[Anonymous]

I'm so glad the general public hasn't discovered St. Joseph's Day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm so glad the general public hasn't discovered St. Joseph's Day.

Why are you "so glad"? Who cares? If they discovered it and people wore red and ate zeppole, how would it change anything?

I'm Irish and I'm fully aware that a lot of Americans "celebrating" the day are just looking for an excuse to drink and act like fools. Whatever. The day is not personally important to me but can be a fun way to share my heritage with people if I want to. Sometimes my kids do a little show and tell at school with info about who St. Patrick was and why the day is celebrated, and it's fun for them to to be able to share something about their family heritage with friends. Otherwise it doesn't really matter. It's not some great insult nor is it a compliment. The history of the day in US is largely based on Irish immigrants seeking to celebrate their culture in the face of a lot of discrimination against Irish immigrants, so it's kind of nice to realize that's not going on anymore. Italians experienced similar treatment so as I'm sure you know.

[Anonymous]

Normally we do a special meal and watch an Irish movie but didn't work out this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm so glad the general public hasn't discovered St. Joseph's Day.

Why are you "so glad"? Who cares? If they discovered it and people wore red and ate zeppole, how would it change anything?

I'm Irish and I'm fully aware that a lot of Americans "celebrating" the day are just looking for an excuse to drink and act like fools. Whatever. The day is not personally important to me but can be a fun way to share my heritage with people if I want to. Sometimes my kids do a little show and tell at school with info about who St. Patrick was and why the day is celebrated, and it's fun for them to to be able to share something about their family heritage with friends. Otherwise it doesn't really matter. It's not some great insult nor is it a compliment. The history of the day in US is largely based on Irish immigrants seeking to celebrate their culture in the face of a lot of discrimination against Irish immigrants, so it's kind of nice to realize that's not going on anymore. Italians experienced similar treatment so as I'm sure you know.

I didn't mean to offend. I am just finding some of the new traditions I'm reading here to be bizarre, like making a mess and changing the color of the liquid in the toilet. I grew up in Catholic schools and it was celebrated in normal ways like Irish music and food and wearing green. So I'm glad St. Joe is still celebrated the old school way with the cultural traditions. That's all.

[Anonymous]

Sure. I've also done Cunco de Mayo, Tet and October fest in my life.

[Anonymous]

^^Cinco

[Anonymous]

I wake up, take a shot of Jameson and drink a pint of Guinness. Get my F Me I’m Irish shirt on, walk downtown to my favorite Irish bar and drink my face off.

[Anonymous]

Yes but have some Irish ancestry

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm so glad the general public hasn't discovered St. Joseph's Day.

Why are you "so glad"? Who cares? If they discovered it and people wore red and ate zeppole, how would it change anything?

I'm Irish and I'm fully aware that a lot of Americans "celebrating" the day are just looking for an excuse to drink and act like fools. Whatever. The day is not personally important to me but can be a fun way to share my heritage with people if I want to. Sometimes my kids do a little show and tell at school with info about who St. Patrick was and why the day is celebrated, and it's fun for them to to be able to share something about their family heritage with friends. Otherwise it doesn't really matter. It's not some great insult nor is it a compliment. The history of the day in US is largely based on Irish immigrants seeking to celebrate their culture in the face of a lot of discrimination against Irish immigrants, so it's kind of nice to realize that's not going on anymore. Italians experienced similar treatment so as I'm sure you know.

I didn't mean to offend. I am just finding some of the new traditions I'm reading here to be bizarre, like making a mess and changing the color of the liquid in the toilet. I grew up in Catholic schools and it was celebrated in normal ways like Irish music and food and wearing green. So I'm glad St. Joe is still celebrated the old school way with the cultural traditions. That's all.

The stupid green food coloring crap isn't Irish and isn't about st. patricks' day. That's like someone drinking Corona and having nachos on Cinco de Mayo. It doesn't actually mean anything.

[Anonymous]

Not Irish, don't celebrate, and intentionally won't wear green on the 17th.

[Anonymous]

Not Irish at all but grew up in Irish areas. We would wear green, eat corned beef and cabbage, eat Irish potato candy.

In my 20s I would go out drinking.

Now I wear green, maybe go to a parade or listen to Irish live music, and perhaps get a Shamrock Shake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not Irish and I hate the color green, so no.

I wear orange, not catholic and Presbyterian.

That is considered doubly offensive and you’re better wearing a different color, unless your aim is to be offensive.

It really isn’t. No one except the extremists at both ends of the spectrum takes this sh*t seriously. At all.

[Anonymous]

Growing up, I really hated st. Patrick's day. I never remembered to wear green and always had to endure jokes and threats of being pinched.

Now my kids are in Catholic school and it is even a bigger deal and I still dislike it. My kids are again the only ones who almost always forget to wear green.