A friend of mine once made an interesting observation.
There are only two days of the year the whole world gets drunk; new year, and paddies day.
An exaggeration of course. But still, it is curious how widespread st pats is, even beyond the domain of areas of Irish settlement.
How could we get a similar situation to exist for a holiday associated with another country?
I don't just mean the horrible spread of American style haloween here but rather something which has the culture (or a bastardisation thereof ) of a country at its core?
The closest I can think of is burns night but that is nowhere near so widespread or celebrated as pats.
There are only two days of the year the whole world gets drunk; new year, and paddies day.
An exaggeration of course. But still, it is curious how widespread st pats is, even beyond the domain of areas of Irish settlement.
How could we get a similar situation to exist for a holiday associated with another country?
I don't just mean the horrible spread of American style haloween here but rather something which has the culture (or a bastardisation thereof ) of a country at its core?
The closest I can think of is burns night but that is nowhere near so widespread or celebrated as pats.