{"id":300,"date":"2014-03-15T09:04:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T13:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/2014\/03\/15\/happy-st-patricks-day-au-pairs\/"},"modified":"2014-03-15T09:04:47","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T13:04:47","slug":"happy-st-patricks-day-au-pairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/2014\/03\/15\/happy-st-patricks-day-au-pairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy St. Patricks Day Au pairs !"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mail.aol.com\/38442-111\/aol-6\/en-us\/mail\/get-attachment.aspx?uid=28783481&amp;folder=OldMail&amp;partId=7\" border=\"0\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.happyholidays2014.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/stamford-st-patrick39s-day.png\" width=\"219\" height=\"125\" \/><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\">.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/blog.uber.com\/2013\/03\/15\/happy-st-patricks-day-sign-up-your-friends-and-win-a-happy-hour-for-ten\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ei=KbUhU4z6J-fX7Aah24HoCw&amp;ved=0CDkQ9QEwBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNG_q44203QdGNgx5lzjtP5Cs5DMQg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mail.aol.com\/38442-111\/aol-6\/en-us\/mail\/get-attachment.aspx?uid=28783481&amp;folder=OldMail&amp;partId=8\" border=\"0\" alt=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSBSF2vrXREDpVZIZZfbbf2ItKsDQRIR81PxNbLDXCDeHuYv0J2403WeQSS4g\" width=\"87\" height=\"87\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\">So what is it and who was St. Patrick?<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt\"> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\" lang=\"EN\">Saint  Patrick is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. He is  credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. Most of what is known  about him comes from his two works; the Confessio, a spiritual  autobiography, and his Epistola, a denunciation of British mistreatment  of Irish Christians. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\" lang=\"EN\">Many  people ask the question \u2018Why is the Shamrock the National Flower of  Ireland ?\u2019 According to folklore the reason is that St. Patrick used it  to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagans. St. Patrick&#8217;s Day was first  publicly celebrated in Boston in 1737 where a large population of Irish  immigrants resided. Nearly 200 years later, the first St. Patrick&#8217;s Day  parade in Ireland was held in Dublin in 1931. During the mid 90&#8217;s, the  Irish government also began a campaign to promote tourism in Ireland on  March 17th.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\" lang=\"EN\">While  many Catholics still quietly celebrate this day of religious observance  by going to mass, St. Patrick&#8217;s Day has slowly evolved to become a  celebration of Irish heritage. Through the years, along with legendary  shamrocks, many symbols were included in festivities that are reflective  of Ireland&#8217;s folklore, culture, and national identity (think  leprechauns, ethnic cuisine, and wearing green). Other places that join  in on this celebration include Japan, New Zealand, Argentina, and  Canada. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\" lang=\"EN\">New York City hosts the largest St. Patrick\u2019s Day in the world  with around 150,000 marchers.\u00a0 In Chicago they turn the river green and  other cities and towns all over America celebrate the day. Savannah Georgia has quite a celebration!\u00a0 You\u2019ll find  many restaurants serving traditional Irish cuisine next week with corned  beef and cabbage being the most popular,<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\" lang=\"EN\">You can find some fun games and activities including coloring pages, word puzzles and recipes for \u00a0children here:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apples4theteacher.com\/holidays\/st-patricks-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.apples4theteacher.com\/holidays\/st-patricks-day\/<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\" lang=\"EN\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\"> My Favorite Irish Blessing. To all my lovely Au pairs past and present!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-299\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2014\/03\/thCAA0C8CF.jpg\" alt=\"thCAA0C8CF\" width=\"197\" height=\"183\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/blog.uber.com\/2013\/03\/15\/happy-st-patricks-day-sign-up-your-friends-and-win-a-happy-hour-for-ten\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ei=KbUhU4z6J-fX7Aah24HoCw&amp;ved=0CDkQ9QEwBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNG_q44203QdGNgx5lzjtP5Cs5DMQg\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a> So what is it and who was St. Patrick? Saint Patrick is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. He is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. Most of what is known about him comes from his two works; the Confessio, a spiritual autobiography, and his Epistola, a denunciation of  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/atr\/2014\/03\/15\/happy-st-patricks-day-au-pairs\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,42],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-au-pair-care","tag-cultural-care"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happy St. Patricks Day Au pairs !  - ATR Au Pair In America Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy St. Patricks Day Au pairs !  - ATR Au Pair In America Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\". 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