St. Patrick's Day becoming a National Holiday?

pokeplayer984 · **on:** March 08, 2008, 10:56:18 AM

I was watching ESPN CL and a commerical came up announcing that the beer company, Guinness (Note: You MUST verify your age.) has made a petition to get St. Patrick's Day to become a National Holiday.

What do you guys think of this?

As for me, I'm not sure what to think. I've never really seen it as anything big. Only thing I do on that day is basically wear green to avoid getting pinched.

: I avoid drinking alchol like the plague, so I won't be into ANY contests going on.

I really don't know what to say about it all, but if it happens, it happens.

So, what do you guys think about this announcement?

Clawandfang · **Reply #1 on:** March 08, 2008, 11:05:27 AM

Quote from: pokeplayer984,Mar 8 2008 on 02:56 PM

I've never really seen it as anything big. Only thing I do on that day is basically wear green to avoid getting pinched. : I avoid drinking alchol like the plague, so I won't be into ANY contests going on.

You know, I can't even call to mind when St. Patrick's Day is... I certainly treat it as nothing but normal day...if I realise it's St. Patrick's Day at all...

Petrie. · **Reply #2 on:** March 08, 2008, 12:17:49 PM

Great...a national holiday to get tanked.

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landbeforetimelover · **Reply #3 on:** March 08, 2008, 01:16:31 PM

Whatever. So long as it's a day off for me, I'm happy no matter what it's about. :^.^:

Zenoah · **Reply #4 on:** March 08, 2008, 07:12:49 PM

I suppose...but it's a day to also celebrate irish people...what about french people such as myself or other ethnics?
Either way, whatever.

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #5 on:** March 08, 2008, 07:24:45 PM

Fine. If they want to add a holiday to celebrate the French, then go on ahead! The more holidays the better!

Kor · **Reply #6 on:** March 08, 2008, 08:25:19 PM

I don't see why it should be a national holiday. And though most would think it silly, to be totally fair there should then be a national holiday for each and every nationality of person in the world, chines, Japanese, Australian, French, German, ect. That is the only way it would be totally fair.

Malte279 · **Reply #7 on:** March 09, 2008, 06:43:58 AM

It would be kind of fun if there was a German national holiday conducted in the US while our national holiday is hardly conducted over here

The 3rd of October is a holiday over here celebrated as the day of the German reunification; but as a matter of fact there is hardly a celebration other than the fact that it is a free day. There have even been suggestions to "relocate" the holiday and make it the first Sunday in October in order to save employers in Germany a working day <_<
There is nothing over here comparable to Independence day, Bastille Day, or Guy Fawkes Night.
One significant date in German history, the 9th of November, is proper for a day of memorial, but not for celebration as it is not just the date of the proclamation of Germany as a republic in 1918 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, but also the date of the horrible pogrom against Jews which became euphemised as the "Kristallnacht".

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I suppose...but it's a day to also celebrate irish people...what about french people such as myself or other ethnics?
Either way, whatever.

Are you born in France, or are your parents? Do you speak French?
It would be awesome to meet fans of "Le Petit Dinosaure et la VallÈe des merveilles".

There are LBT fans from so many countries, but since 2000 I don't think I ever met an LBT fan from France.

mcr mad · **Reply #8 on:** March 09, 2008, 03:33:40 PM

it alrealy is a national hoilday in england if your cathlic, but people just use it as an ecuse to get drunk....god bless the irish :^.^:

Littlefoot1616 · **Reply #9 on:** March 10, 2008, 08:47:15 AM

St. Paddy's day isn't so much a holiday but it is celebrated as he happens to be the patron saint of Ireland and N/Ireland. It's not so much a national celebration as each of the individual countries of the UK have a patron saint (St. George of England is next on 23rd April) and as with the majority of celebrations, the first thing that jumps to mind (particularly for adults) is to slap out the wallet and down a pint.....or 12! If Paddy's day was to become a national holiday, then why not the other 3 patron saints? It's only fair right? Any excuse to bunk off and lounge about eh? :^.^:

pokeplayer984 · **Reply #10 on:** March 10, 2008, 09:01:46 AM

The problem for me is that I have to work on National Holidays. Save for Christmas, my days are spent working. However, this means extra money for me if it comes true, so more power to it becoming a possibility.

(I seriously need to get a REAL job.) -_-

pokeplayer984 · **Reply #11 on:** March 16, 2008, 02:39:32 PM

With the petition currently at 248,611 signatures, and the company needing 1,000,000 by midnight (Eastern time) to make it official, it seems highly unlikely that it won't happen.

Sorry guys! Not happening this year.