Susnot

St Patrick's Day

Why does everyone celebrate St Patrick's Day?

I don't know. What I do know is it's an excuse most people use in order to drink and generally become silly starting early in the morning well into the night.

I know this because the last time I went out fot St Patrick's Day, I woke up in a stranger's bed the next morning. Heh. Sure that sounds lurid but the fact of the matter is, I was by myself - just in someone else's bed. Heh.

Some facts I have learned about St. Patrick thanks to howstuffworks.com:

• He was the first bishop in Ireland
• He wrote a spiritual autobiography called "The Confessio" along with "Espitola" which denounced British treatment if Irish Christians.
• He supposidly drove snakes from Ireland. aka - got rid of all the pagan peeps.
• No one seems to agree where he died.

Evidently this is a huge day in Ireland - a religious holiday with many businesses being closed today and people attending mass.

I still have not been able to figure out where the rampant drinking came from. Part of me thinks it comes from Americans trying to come up as many ways to justify a day spent intoxicated. I also think that is why Mardi Gras is so popular.

I also did not wear any green today.

posted by Susnot @ 2:21 PM