{"id":148,"date":"2019-03-12T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/van\/?p=148"},"modified":"2019-03-05T15:27:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T20:27:19","slug":"what-do-we-actually-celebrate-on-st-patricks-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/van\/2019\/03\/12\/what-do-we-actually-celebrate-on-st-patricks-day\/","title":{"rendered":"What do we actually celebrate on St. Patrick’s Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you sometimes wonder what people celebrate on March 17th, St. Patrick’s day?<\/p>\n

Adults and children all over the country\u00a0dress up in green, wear green jewelry and Virginia Beach hosts the Shamrock Marathon on St. Patrick’s day, but WHY?\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

On March 17th, we celebrate Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, born in the 4th century in Britain; he was kidnapped when he was 16 and taken to Ireland as a slave. St. Patrick managed to escape slavery and converted\u00a0the Irish to Christianity. He established many churches and schools before his death in 461.<\/p>\n

The Irish people celebrate his day with religious services and feasts.<\/p>\n

Immigrants, especially to the US, transformed St. Patrick’s Day into a a largely secular holiday, a celebration of Irish things. We celebrate with large parades specially in cities with a large Irish population, Chicago dyes it’s river green.<\/p>\n

We have a GREAT St. Patrick’s day parade in Ocean View, Norfolk that will take place on Saturday, March 16th and starts at 10 AM. You should check it out if you get a chance.<\/p>\n

The Shamrock Marathon will take place on Sunday, March 17th and end at the Ocean Front and ends with a fun celebration.<\/p>\n

Common Food for St. Patrick’s day is Irish Stew, Corned Beef and cabbage, sometimes even Beer or Starbucks drinks are dyed green!!<\/p>\n

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Photo:\u00a0Max Talbot-Minkin<\/a><\/p>\n

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