Green Day

[serenissima]

I have no green clothing in my wardrobe.
No, that's not quite true. I have a teal long sleeve polo shirt, and a dark green tee shirt with a big logo on it from college. However, neither of the above seemed appropriate for work, so I am not wearing green today.
Happy St. Patrick's Day anyway.

Comments

[daisho.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure why people feel compelled to wear green, anyway. The real colour of Ireland is black and white. ;)

Seriously, though, why is this particular saint's day so widely celebrated in the States? I know there are a lot of people of Irish descent around New York, but I've been chatting to people in the mid-west who are apparently just as excited about it. Are we just looking at a good excuse for a party?

[daisho.livejournal.com]

And, since she doesn't have her birthday in her user info, LJ portal didn't tell me about it and I didn't know till just now. Many happy returns to eredien from me, too. :)

[copperwolf.livejournal.com]

Aren't you in Nexus? I know you were a while back.

[daisho.livejournal.com]

Not for some considerable time. I just didn't have time to keep up with it, alas.

[copperwolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pretty much, I think. I remember in elementary school, people who didn't wear green were fair targets for being pinched. Cinco de Mayo seems to be catching on, too: Mexican stuff all over. I guess that St. Patrick's Day is more established only because the wave of Irish immigrants was a good hundred years ago or so. I dunno what happened to the holidays of all the other major immigrant groups.

[daisho.livejournal.com]

That's what I was wondering. Presumably celebrating by getting drunk just appealed to the American psyche... ;)