Saint Patrick's Day Irish Holidays

Saint Patrick's Day Irish Holidays: St.'s Day Patrick is a holiday celebrating Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick is one of the patron saints of Ireland who is believed to spread Catholicism to many regions of Ireland. St.'s Day Patrick takes place on March 17 every year, which is the day Saint Patrick dies.

Saint Patrick's Day Irish Holidays

St.'s Day Patrick is a national holiday in Ireland with many businesses closed on that day. In other parts of the world, especially the US and Canada, this is widely celebrated but not an official government holiday.

St.'s Day Patrick is a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics in Ireland. Interestingly enough, occasionally church authorities move vacation dates because they clash with other holy days. In 2008 this was the problem, and will be moved to March 15 to avoid Holy Monday.

Catholics around the world will start St. Patrick they are with mass held to mark the holidays.

Here in the United States, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by everyone from Ireland for that day. The day has become a secular holiday rather than a religious holiday. Here in the United States, St. Patrick's Day has taken on more meaning celebrating the beginning of spring. This is in line with the tradition of wearing green on that day, because green is the color of Ireland and the color that signifies life and growth. It is said that you will be lucky for the upcoming Spring if you wear green clothes on holidays.

Great, St. Patrick began to be celebrated here in the United States with a parade in Queens New York in 1737, long before the Revolutionary War. Since that day, the parade is a very popular way to celebrate St. Patrick.

Many people wear shamrock on holidays to signify luck. However, the root of this tradition is said to have originated from St. Patrick used the shamrock to explain to the infidels the concept of the Holy Trinity. In Catholicism, the Holy Trinity is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, which all Christians know comes from the same God. Three shamrock leaves which are all connected to the same stem are used to explain this concept to idol worshipers. If you wear shamrock on St. John's Day Patrick, that means you can claim luck or blessings on that day and for the rest of the year.

Besides shamrock, many people believe that cute little fictional Leprechaun characters can bring you luck. For this reason many people wear Leprechaun pins and other memorabilia on St. Day. Patrick and the shamrock.

One fun and very popular tradition that is in line with St. Day Patrick is consuming green beer. Many bars and pubs add green food coloring to their beers on holidays to serve their customers. In addition to green beer, many people also enjoyed Irish Cream and Irish Whiskey that same day. For children, green lemonade or 7UP is a good non-alcoholic alternative.

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