On March 17th, many Americans celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day in honor of the Patron Saint of Ireland.

The celebration commemorates the founding of Christianity in Ireland. It also celebrates Irish heritage and their culture.

Many people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day for the history, however, others just enjoy the food, alcoholic beverages, and the fun of pinching people.

A Saint Patrick’s Day Parade is also held in New York, it is known as one of the largest American celebrated parades. Many people gather with their families to have large feast in honor of the holiday.

In America people celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day by wearing endless amounts of green attire, but if someone forgets or fails to wear green they will be in danger of being pinched.

Irish dancing, a form of step dancing, is also a big part of the holiday. Irish dancing is very popular in Ireland and all over the world but very rarely will anyone see a student break out in Irish dance.

People may also see houses decorated in green, with stick-on leprechauns, pots of gold, and shamrocks on their doors and windows.

The Irish name, Patrick, first came about in the 5th century by Saint Patrick, who once was a slave for six years. He later found faith and spent decades studying it before returning to Ireland to spread the word. He later died on his birthday, March 17th. Americans adopted the name after the 17th century and is now a very common name.

As Tunstall has prepared for the madness of Saint Patrick’s Day, they gather all their Patricks dressed in green for a Saint Patty’s with face painting and pinching.