Saint Patrick's Day

Today is St. Patty's day, and due to the religious background of what is considered to be a secular holiday I thought I would share some information. I personally do not care much for this holiday both in it's secular and religious backgrounds, however I have gotten word from many different pagans who have a different take on the holiday and have found ways to fit it into their practice in a more acceptable way, while ignoring the traditional background. This can include anything from celebrating on strictly the secular way, celebrating as an ethnic celebration rather than a religious one, and also learning more about the culture and how it falls into their own practice. **(In these cases the pagans I have corresponded with are very aware of what the holiday is about and choose not to celebrate in the traditional (religious) ways, but rather have found a way of their own to enjoy the day without dragging on about negative stuff. This is a much better approach than playing ignorant and following blindly with the crowd)

I in no way consider myself a historian, so I'll leave that to the experts. Here is a link to articles related to St. Patrick from www.history.com.

There is a lot of great information found there, and I think it will give you enough of an overview to help you make your own decision on how you want to rate the importance of the traditional background of the holiday.

The next thing I'd like to point out is incorporating the culture into your own celebration. I caught up with one person who uses the image of the leprechaun in her practice. For more information on the background related to this please check out this site.

For those of you who celebrated today, in whatever form, I hope you had a blessed and fun day.