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"Happy St George's Day."

Does anyone here actually celebrate St George's Day? Is it worth celebrating?

It seems that every other country enjoys celebrating their national day, except for England. There may be problems in this country, but it's still worth celebrating the beauty of the land and all the good things we have here.

So, happy St George's Day to all you English people (and supporters of English people) everywhere!

Emmie87 wrote:
> I might get to me local, but i doubt they will have anything good
> to give away as it is only a village one!
>
> Well happy St. George's day! have fun

A villager? Wench? Wickerman playset? :D

I didn't realise it was St George's Day... Although, my science teacher might have mentioned it when I told him it was Depression Awareness Week for the 13th year.

I might get to me local, but i doubt they will have anything good to give away as it is only a village one!

Well happy St. George's day! have fun

Happy Georgie day to you too...It seems EVERYONE celebrates St.Paddy's day because Guinness is involved...maybe if England had something similar it would be celebrated more...hmmm.

We could all start drinking Green King IPA???

Machie wrote:
> Happy St George's Day! What is it anyway?

Adopted patron saint of England.

ie: Every country has a patron saint (and some European countries have saints for each region as well) and that saint's day (usually the day the saint is believed to have died) is the country's national day.

There are still plans to make St George's Day a public holiday in England, but for now it's just a mostly meaningless national day, though events are organised around the country to get 'into the spirit'.

Perhaps we should have a more relevant saint as our patron though? There are a few English Saints such as Saint Edmund (popular with Blackadder fans, perhaps?)

If it hadn't of been for the pub I go to showing some banners, I wouldn't have noticed.

Having said that, there was a kid in college today with his face painted and a cape of red of and white

Happy St George's Day! What is it anyway?

Chance of me getting down the pub tonight = 0%, but then it will probably be busy and I'll prefer being at home with my kids and wife anyway.

Emmie87 wrote:
> you know the ones i mean, buy 3 pints get a hat free. Love them
> promotions!

I think that's what is going on tonight at my local. Hopefully have quite a few of them after tonight :p

If you think about it we celebrate other nations more than our own - St Patriks Day, Australia Day.

The best thing is if ya go out drinking on any thing like St George's Day, Australia Day etc is that you tend to pick up great things like hats, surf boards, keyrings and more!

you know the ones i mean, buy 3 pints get a hat free. Love them promotions!