St. Patrick's Day 2010 is March 17. You should wear some green, lest you get pinched by a friend. Unless you like that sort of thing.
Ah, St. Patrick's day is one of my most favorite holidays. The Chicagoans dye their river green, the New Yorkers have parades, and everyone salutes the Emerald Isle with some Jameson's and Guinness. This formerly religious holiday has been mainstreamed into merely a drinking celebration, but it's important to remember the past.
How about a bit o' St. Patrick's Day history? The holiday was first celebrated in the early 1600s by Christians, in remembrance of the great St. Patrick. It is said that he brought religion to Ireland and cleared the island of snakes. Since St. Patrick used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the holy trinity, it's traditionally been associated with St. Patrick's Day.
What will you be doing on St. Patrick's Day? I have to work, but I will certainly toast to you all at the bar.