Holidays always have their own traditions. There are the socially acceptable ones, as well as the ones we all create within our families. But one that is often over looked is St Patrick’s day.
There are really two ways that people usually celebrate the holiday that we grow up with – Wearing green (especially as kids to not get pinched in school) and heading out to the parades and bars to celebrate. But there is a lot more to the holiday than most people know about and why we absolutely love it. Why do we celebrate how we do? We all grew up with these traditions but where did that start?
Here in Detroit, we have the annual St Patrick’s Day Parade. One of the first neighborhoods in the city of Detroit, Cork Town was named for the city in Ireland where the inhabitants came from. It is even the same neighborhood that Henry Ford’s family settled in and he was raised in. Each year, this parade takes over the area for a day and the area celebrates the holiday all weekend. From amazing food, drink specials and always a bit of people watching – it’s one of our favorite local traditions! In the past few years, the area has seen a new life as Ford and other companies re-invest and rebuild the area. We can’t wait to see how the parade shapes up in the next few years as the area begins to boom again!
Did you know that it is said St Patrick is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish. That the color green is associated with Ireland and that’s why we wear it?
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we always wear green and that is about it
My st patty’s tradition is going to the local pub all dressed in green and having some beer with pals
I always make corned beef for St. Patrick’s Day. It’s a tradition. 🙂
I do not have a tradition for this day
My 6 year old daughter has built a leprechaun booby trap in her bedroom. She is determined to catch one on St. Patrick’s Day. 🙂
we wear green all day 🙂
I usually look forward to Irish Soda bread and corned beef with cabbage.≥
We like to go to a local parade for St. Patrick’s Day.
I just make sure my son and I wear some sort of green!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Well, a leprechaun visited our home today and left my daughters all types of goodies. It has become a tradition. He made a trail of coins to my daughters room. She didn’t catch the leprechaun with her trap, but she got all of his treasures.
We wear green for St Patrick’s Day. Our city dumped the parade and stuff so there is nothing really going on.
I made corned beef and eggs this morning for breakfast with the leftover corned beef from St. Patrick’s Day. My whole family loved it. Tradition! 🙂
We still have leftover corned beef from St. Patrick’s Day. Today I am making empanadas with it. Yum! 🙂
I like making green food for breakfast, and having corn beef and cabbage for dinner. So for me it mainly revolves around food.
I made green waffles with rainbow sprinkles for St. Patrick’s Day. My 3 year old daughter said it was the “best breakfast ever!”
We put green food dye in my daughters toilet.
One tradition is always wear something green! We may not be wearing green head to toe, but we do put something green on that day.
My daughters are still looking for four-leaf clovers in the grass for good luck. 🙂
Hubby also loves to have his green beer on St.Patrick’s day!
I planted the shamrock plant outside today that I got for St. Patrick’s Day. Hopefully, it will bring good luck to our home.
Corn beef hash is what we had and it was pretty good I like how feeling it always leaves me.
We usually go out to eat Irish food at a local restaurant as they have several that have good specials on Irish themed meals that day.
Another St. Patrick’s tradition that I seem to do is buy several corned beef roasts while they are on sale around St. Patrick’s Day. I can freeze them and prepare them anytime.
I also usually wear a 4 leaf clover necklace I have for St. Patrick’s day hopefully to bring me a little luck and because it goes with the green clothing theme I have that day.