What Should I Celebrate?

There's a thing going on at the office, something to do with decorating your workstation with holiday celebration (any Global Holidays). Am thinking of doing St.Patricks's Day - little man in green suit with a pot of gold. That sounds like an ideal holiday for me - pot of golds, LOL. 


What is St. Patrick Day all about anyways? Is it getting a pot of gold from the little green suit man? Sounds creepy but cool at the same time. I did some reading and St. Patrick Day is actually a traditional day for spiritual renewal and offering prayers for missionaries worldwide. I would never have expected that with all the green parade going on. So for those lack of St. Patrick Day knowledge as I am, here are some info that I extracted from the net. 


 " Saint Patrick is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. St Patrick is credited with bringing christianity to Ireland. Most of what is known about him comes from his two works; the Confessio, a spiritual autobiography, and his Epistola, a denunciation of British mistreatment of Irish christians. Saint Patrick described himself as a "most humble-minded man, pouring forth a continuous paean of thanks to his Maker for having chosen him as the instrument whereby multitudes who had worshipped idols and unclean things had become the people of God." "


" Originally, the colour associated with Saint Patrick was blue. Over the years the colour green and its association with Saint Patrick's day grew. Green ribbons and shamrocks were worn in celebration of St Patrick's Day as early as the 17th century. He is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish, and the wearing and display of shamrocks and shamrock-inspired designs have become a ubiquitous feature of the day. In the 1798 rebellion, in hopes of making a political statement, Irish soldiers wore full green uniforms on 17 March in hopes of catching public attention. The phrase "the wearing of the green", meaning to wear a shamrock on one's clothing, derives from a song of the same name."

" Saint Patrick's Day has come to be associated with everything Irish: anything green and gold, shamrocks and luck. Most importantly, to those who celebrate its intended meaning, St. Patrick's Day is a traditional day for spiritual renewal and offering prayers for missionaries worldwide. 

" So, why is it celebrated on March 17th? One theory is that that is the day that St. Patrick died. Since the holiday began in Ireland, it is believed that as the Irish spread out around the world, they took with them their history and celebrations. The biggest observance of all is, of course, in Ireland. With the exception of restaurants and pubs, almost all businesses close on March 17th. Being a religious holiday as well, many Irish attend mass, where March 17th is the traditional day for offering prayers for missionaries worldwide before the serious celebrating begins."

So that's more or less about the St.Patrick Day. Unfortunately, while typing this it was decided that my cluster is to decorate American Holidays. *sigh* Gotta think of another holiday now... (Halloween? Thanksgiving? Independence Day?)