Like many other people I sometimes celebrate holidays for an excuse to get drunk or get a day off. Most people like myself don’t know the history behind the holiday they’re celebrating. I admit that today I had a dew friends call me and ask what were doing tonight in a festive attitude. It got me thinking…Who was St. Patrick anyway??… Here’s a few facts you can share while downing that green beer with your friends.

Why do we celebrate St. Patricks day?

“St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years. On St. Patrick’s Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.” -History.com

Facts about St. Patrick. 

“The real St. Patrick wasn’t even Irish.He was born in Britain around A.D. 390 to an aristocratic Christian family with a townhouse, a country villa, and plenty of slaves.What’s more, Patrick professed no interest in Christianity as a young boy, Freeman noted.At 16, Patrick’s world turned.He was kidnapped and sent overseas to tend sheep as a slave in the chilly, mountainous countryside of Ireland for seven years.”-news.nationalgeographic.com

Why do you have to wear green you ask..!?!?

-Cause you’ll get pinched at school. Duhhhh! And, this too of course:”The colors of the Republic of Ireland are a tricolor of green, white, and orange. The orange supposedly represents the Protestant population, the green the Catholic, and the white the peace between them.”-History.com