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St. Patricks Day is coming up

imagesCAL2BJ2MMarch 17th: St. Patrick’s Day. This Irish holiday has been celebrated in the USA since 1737.  Traditional icons that mark the holiday:  Leprechauns, Pots of Gold, Rainbows, Shamrocks and the Color Green!  There will be local parades in many of our towns…Boston,(!!!) Stamford, Danbury and of course in NYC.  It might be fun to go and experience this tradition.

Info of the Boston St.Patrick’s Day Parade you will find here:

http://www.bostoncentral.com/events/boston_st_patricks_day_parade/p1130.php

Have you done any St. Patrick's Day crafting yet? Try this simple St Patrick Craft for the kids: a fun and colorful Shamrock Crown made with pipe cleaners and beads.

Activities on fun things to do with the kids for St. Patricks Day you will find here:


http://pinterest.com/aupairinamerica/st-patrick-s-day-shenanigans/

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day – St. Patrick is said to have given a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from Ireland.  St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated in the US since 1737.  Traditional icons of the day are the shamrock, leprechaun, the color green and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. In Chicago, they city celebrates with a parade and the Chicago River is dyed green!shamrock

Boston celebrates with a parade on Sunday, March 20 . Go to Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade.