wats the point of st pattys day great holiday but wats the meaning of it?
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Good excuse to drink green beer.
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it is a holiday that celebrated by women on march 8. its to recognize and appreciate women kinda like mothers day only mothers day is just for mothers but ziua femeii is for all women\n\nyoure welcome
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Yes...St. Patrick's Day is a feast day so you can break the fasting to enjoy it.  It's my theory as to why so many people celebrate St. Patrick's Day...as it's the only feast day in the 40 day fast of lent.\n\nActually...since Vatican II in the 60's you can eat meat on Friday anyway...the only fast days are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.  So once again ...enjoy!\n\nEnjoy....Erin Go Braugh!
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It is a day to refrain from physical labor/work.\nIt is a day of communing with the Creator.\nIt is a day spent with family; encouraging & blessing them in front of the other family members. A day to 'recharge' onself & ones' family. To connect with loved ones.
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It's about giving Thanks for the things we have. To be cherful and be together with family and friends. To share what we have with other's who do not have so much. It's about the feeling you get when you help some one out of troubles. It's when you feel the love that comes from spreading the cheers. That is what Thanksgiving is all about.
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wow, what a good question, I hope people with interesting racial ideas about colonisation and the genocide of the native people go into more detail than I I have time for right now.\n\nwhy the holiday ... its a part of the story the country tells itself, to define itself.  every country has a "once upon a time, there was ...this place... and then some people came and did amazing things... and that's why we exist!" whatever, and down through the centuries, certain people who were real at some point get mythologized, like columbus and davy crockett.  these figures are always white european males, but that's how it goes.  \n\nbut its changing - we already have martin luther king day, so I have hope for a better story for the future...
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is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks (traditionally to God) at the close of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada, it is celebrated on the second Monday in October. In the United Kingdom, Thanksgiving is another name for the Harvest festival, held in churches across the country on a relevant Sunday to mark the end of the local harvest, though it is not thought of as a major event (compared to Christmas or Easter) as it is in other parts of the world. This tradition was taken to North America by early settlers, where it became much more important\n\nmore details in this site\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving
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Saint Patrick's Day (March 17), is the Irish feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick (386-493), the patron saint of Ireland. It is a legal holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the overseas territory of Montserrat and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is celebrated worldwide by the Irish, Scottish, and those of Celtic descent and increasingly by many of non-Irish descent. A major parade takes place in Dublin and in most other Irish towns and villages. The five largest parades of recent years have been held in Dublin, New York City, Manchester, Montreal, and Boston. Parades also take place in other places, including London, Paris, Rome, Munich, Moscow, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Copenhagen and throughout the Americas.\n\nThe biggest celebrations in Ireland outside Dublin are in Downpatrick, where Saint Patrick was buried following his death on March 17, 461. In Downpatrick in 2004, according to Down District Council, the parade, during the week-long St. Patrick's Festival, had over 2000 participants and 82 floats, bands and performers. The parade was watched by over 30,000 people.\n\nSome people believe St. Patrick's day is a bigger holiday in the U.S. than it is in Ireland. However, despite this, many Americans travel to Ireland for the festivities. The smallest parade is said to take place in Hot Springs, Arkansas in the United States; this parade is less than a single city block and is, nevertheless, the highlight of the day. Boulder, Colorado claims to have the shortest parade which is also less than a single city block.\n\nThe first civic and public celebration of St. Patrick's Day in the American Colonies took place in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1737. The first St. Patrick's Day celebrated in New York City was held at the Crown and Thistle Tavern in 1756. Since then, the New York celebration has become the largest St. Patrick's Day parade in the world. The parade itself dates back to 1762, and in 2003 more than 150,000 marchers participated, including bands,firefighters, military and police groups, county associations, emigrant societies, social and cultural clubs. The parade marches up 5th Avenue in Manhattan and it attracts roughly 2 million people.\n\nThe longest running St. Patrick's Day parades in the U.S. are:\n\nBoston, Massachusetts, since 1737 \nNew York, New York, since 1762 \nPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, since 1780 \nSavannah, Georgia, since 1813 \nCarbondale, Pennsylvania, since 1833 \nChicago, Illinois, since 1843 \nNew Haven, Connecticut, since 1845 \nSan Francisco, California, since 1852 \nThe longest running St. Patrick's Day parade in Canada takes place in Montreal, which began in 1824.\n\nThe Cheltenham Festival usually coincides with St Patricks day, and the tens of thousands of Irishmen over for the week will celebrate by drinking and betting more than usual, as long as the results keep going the punters' way.\n\n\nP.S.  I found another site that says that New York City had the world's largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2005.  Here is the link:  http://www.saintpatricksdayparade.com/NYC/newyorkcity.htm  \nIt States: "Last year marked the 244rd New York St. Patrick's Day Parade, the world's largest."\n\nHere is another site that said the largest in the world is in NYC:  http://www.stpatricksday-corner.com/
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Party, party, party!!!  It is a pagan holliday where people get very drunk and act like wild animals.  It is also called Fat Tuesday.  It is the Tuesday just before Lent or Ash Wednesday, the Catholic holliday where people promise to give up something they really enjoy for 40 days till Easter.  It is most popularly celebrated in New Orleans.  There is a carnival atmosphere where people get very intoxicated in the streets of New Orleans.  Guys buy beaded necklaces and give them to girls for flashing their breasts.  \n\nFor me as a Christian, I think it is kinda sad.  I look forward to celebrating Easter as the time when Christ died for me and rose again.  I think that a devout Catholic should be ashamed of themself if they were to go out and act like this, then go to confession, followed by Ash Wednesday where they make a "sacrifice" to show how much they love Him.
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Because not everyone is Christian.  "Happy Holidays" is just a way to wish everyone well whether they celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, or Kwanzaa.  It can also be meant to include New Year's Day along with Christmas.\n\nEven many people who celebrate Christmas do so in an entirely secular fashion, complete with Santa, the reindeer, Frosty, tree, and presents.  Whether the Christians like it or not, Christmas is and has been Christ-optional in our culture for a long time now.
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Remember the meaning and origin of Christmas! It's Jesus Christ's birthday. If you are a Christian I encourage you to make an effort to make Jesus Christ this year's theme in your decoration! Merrry Christmas!!!! :)
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It is a way of showing how greatful and happy we are, for all the good food that has just been brought in from the fields, that has been grown and harvested.\n\nAnd greatful for our friends and families, where we live.\n\nWhen it began it celebrated the Pilgrims landing on Plymouth Rock and having this good meal with the Native Americans, who showed them how to cook and prepare foods in this New World we call America.\n\nIt was also to be greatful to a higher power, but I think we have forgotten that.  I hope not. That is up to each individual choice.
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The church had nothing to do with it. A roman emperor in the 4th century A.D. wanted to make everybody happy. There was a pagan celebration called Saturnalia. The emperor set the Christian's holiday at the same time as Saturnalia so pagans and Christians could be celebrating at the same time. Is everybody happy?  \n\nSee link for the history.
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b/c nobody REALLY celebrates St Patricks day...everybody just use it as an excuse to drink - a lot. They really couldn't care less about St Patrick or the history of the day.  If you go out and ask people on the street what the day is about...i bet very very few ppl would even come close to having a clue.
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They point to the origins of the holiday, and say that it is so obviously evil.  I tell these people damn, the origins have long since been lost in the sands of time and now it's just an excuse to dress up, get with friends, and eat some candy.  Some people just don't get it.  The meaning of life is to eat and be merry.
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St Patrick was a Christian Missionary to Ireland. He was origionally kidnapped from England and brought to Ireland as a slave. He later escaped, but his love for the people of Ireland motivated him to return to share the gospel of Jesus Christ across the entire country.\n\nToday's St Patrick Day celebrations in fact distort the origional true story of Patrick and turn it into a mindless drinking spree for many.\n\nPR
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Christ's birthday, but most people think of it as a holiday getting together with family and friends...presents....unfortunately people get so tied up with that that they miss the true meaning of Christmas =(