Poll: Do You Think St. Patrick's Day Should Be An Offical Holiday?

[mokes310]

No, I believe that here in the US, we should only have five official holidays: Memorial and Labor Day, New Years Day, Presidents Day and the Fourth of July. Any other holiday should not recieve national recognition.

Martin Luther King day?

No MLK Day, no Christmas, no Thanksgiving, etc. I strongly believe that we have too many holidays. I don't have anything against them, I just believe that when you celebrate too many, they become less significant. For example, how many of you celebrated MLK day? How many of you celebrate St. Patricks day, etc, etc?

My point is that if we celebrate fewer holidays, we will in-turn celebrate them more and appreciate them more. Does that make any sense?

 

[KungFuMaster]

No, I believe that here in the US, we should only have five official holidays: Memorial and Labor Day, New Years Day, Presidents Day and the Fourth of July. Any other holiday should not recieve national recognition.

Martin Luther King day?

Veteran's Day? The shrapnel in my hip is angry at you, sir.

You mean it isn't already?

That was my next thought.

I celebrate is if it was one anyway, so might as well.

Amen, brother.

 

[Audemas]

No, we aren't irish and i'll be damned if england will embrace foreign cultures. I mean it goes on far too much already.

Well I'm glad you read what I posted because I wasn't talking about England, I was talking about the U.S.

 

[Kukakkau]

yes it should be for people of all Irish heritage
and while we're on it.. why isn't St'Andrews day an official holiday for people of Scottish heritage.. what i want an extra day off

 

[lornb]

I vote yes, I usually have St. Pat's off anyway. I can stand behind any holiday where I can wear annoyingly bright tints of green, get smashed, party and have some harmless fun with my ex. *sigh* Why do I give myself reasons to drink.

 

[God's Clown]

Personally I say no, just because people only use it as an excuse to get overly drunk and feel good about doing it. Honestly, do you really need an excuse to great drunk?

 

[NeedAUserName]

No, I believe that here in the US, we should only have five official holidays: Memorial and Labor Day, New Years Day, Presidents Day and the Fourth of July. Any other holiday should not recieve national recognition.

Martin Luther King day?

Veteran's Day? The shrapnel in my hip is angry at you, sir.

I won't lie to you, I'm not American, and don't fully understand what each holiday is for, and thought that Memorial Day was Veterans Day.

 

[Lord George]

Why do Americans make such a big thing over St.Patricks day, I'm half irish and I don't think I've ever celebrated any thing to do with it.

 

[Break]

Why do Americans make such a big thing over St.Patricks day, I'm half irish and I don't think I've ever celebrated any thing to do with it.

Well, I think the main thrust of the argument is something like...

If for no other reason than because so many people need something they can call National Beer Day...

Yeah, that pretty much covers it.

 

[KungFuMaster]

No, I believe that here in the US, we should only have five official holidays: Memorial and Labor Day, New Years Day, Presidents Day and the Fourth of July. Any other holiday should not recieve national recognition.

Martin Luther King day?

Veteran's Day? The shrapnel in my hip is angry at you, sir.

I won't lie to you, I'm not American, and don't fully understand what each holiday is for, and thought that Memorial Day was Veterans Day.

They might as well be...when you get right down to it, one's for the living and one's for the dead.

 

[Blind0bserver]

I was already under the impression that it was.

 

[ElephantGuts]

Well St. Patrick's Day is a religious holiday (I assume so since it's about a saint) and thanks to the seperation of church and state, no it does not get to be a national holiday.

 

[Beffudled Sheep]

Yes. It must become a national holiday. Then again im Irish American so this statement may be biased.

 

[GunnerGraye]

You mean it isn't already?

That's what i was thinking...

 

[wewontdie11]

Ah I don't know. It seems unfair to have a national holiday for a patron saint of a different country and barely take notice of the one for your country, just for an excuse to go out and get pissed.

On the other hand, I like getting pissed. And I'll take a day off wherever I can get one.

.....why was I conflicted about this?

 

[bad rider]

No, we aren't irish and i'll be damned if england will embrace foreign cultures. I mean it goes on far too much already.

Well I'm glad you read what I posted because I wasn't talking about England, I was talking about the U.S.

Actually you never mentioned in the US, only that alot of people celebrate it in the US, though i really should have picked up on where you were going.

 

[acer840]

Have a public holiday to celebrate Beer drinking? Where do we sign up this patition? I vote Yes. Anther day off work, another night to drink.

 

[TwistedEllipses]

No, we aren't irish and i'll be damned if england will embrace foreign cultures. I mean it goes on far too much already.

We don't even get a day off for St.George's day!