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Originally posted by AmauroteThere are many of us with Irish ancestry. But I don't understand why anyone without it would be interested. We have a German Heritage celebration thing here every year. I have no German ancestry at all and think the whole thing is ... well ... not my cup of tea let's say. So I can't imagine why anyone with no Irish ancestry would celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Then again, I don't get why some atheists celebrate Thanksgiving, either.
I've never understood why non-Irish people would want to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Snake-haters and Americans who like dressing up and pretending to be Irish people, maybe, but otherwise it makes no sense at all.
Originally posted by AmauroteIt doesn't make a whole lot of sense I suppose.
I've never understood why non-Irish people would want to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Snake-haters and Americans who like dressing up and pretending to be Irish people, maybe, but otherwise it makes no sense at all.
Though there were a whole lot of immigrants from Ireland to the U.S., so I suppose a lot of people still feel ties to Ireland. The schools even celebrate it here, setting leprechan traps and wearing green as not to get pinched. One time I even heard of a kid waking up in the morning and finding leprechan pee (green) in the toilet. 😵
We also celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the U.S. also and not everyone is Mexican.
Originally posted by mlpriorAlmost! 😵
We also celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the U.S. also and not everyone is Mexican.
The funny thing is that 'cinco de mayo ' in Mexico is not that big deal,
because the triumph over the French during the invasion is celebrated.
I don't have a clue why in the U.S. the "Mexicanity" is celebrated in
that day, instead of September 16th, for example.