Isn't it strange how St George's day isn't remembered, advertised or celebrated by most.
Most people only visit churches for weddings and funerals so why celebrate a saints day?
So why do people celebrate St Patrick's Day?
I've never understood that - seems to me that far more English people celebrate St Patrick's Day than St George's Day. Can't all have Irish blood in them...So why do people celebrate St Patrick's Day?
Because a huge brewer pumps millions into it every year.
A few years ago St Patricks day fell on a Sunday. Guinness promoted a St Patricks Eve on Saturday so they could cash in on a non school night.
Most of those St Patrick Day parades in America have nothing to do with beer.
Many in the US are from Irish descent and many other national days are also widely celebrated.
I've got blood of both English and Irish heritage, so I equally celebrate both. It's still perplexing that people feel wrong to celebrate England's national day.I've never understood that - seems to me that far more English people celebrate St Patrick's Day than St George's Day. Can't all have Irish blood in them...
And there you have it. St Patrick is not really about celebrating St Patrick. It's really about celebrating being Irish and the Irish culture. We have taken to it as a good chance to have a p up in a happy event. Hence the brewery's taking advantage. St George should be the same, to celebrate being English.
Isn't it strange how St George's day isn't remembered, advertised or celebrated by most. And the flag, well, that creates bad feeling, even tho it's our National flag. I put up my cross of St George England flag during the 2018 World cup, and got asked to remove it by my foreign neighbour, as they were offended. I said, you must be joking. This is our National flag, and I'm showing my support for my National team. I said the flag stays up until England are knocked out of the World cup. This must be the only country that people have a go at you for putting your National flag up.