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Should We Be Celebrating St George's Day?
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After reading this article I am curious to find out what others here on the site think.
I personally never celebrate St George's Day but I really do agree that this day should be recognised as a day of importance much like St Patrick's Day for Ireland and Burns Night for Scotland. Another bank holiday would be nice too! :thumb:
But seriously, why doesn't England recognise its heritage and why does this day pass with such little celebration, I think we should be doing more, what do you think?
I personally never celebrate St George's Day but I really do agree that this day should be recognised as a day of importance much like St Patrick's Day for Ireland and Burns Night for Scotland. Another bank holiday would be nice too! :thumb:
But seriously, why doesn't England recognise its heritage and why does this day pass with such little celebration, I think we should be doing more, what do you think?
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It should be a bank holiday though. England could well be the only country in the entire world which doesn't mark its national day with a bank holiday.
Probably true.
I'm ashamed to say I saw a poster up in town the other day with something about St. Georges Day on, and I had to stop and think when it actually was. I could tell you when St. Patricks Day is though without hesitation.
Having said that, if making it a holiday would get me another day off and shut those fuckers up, I'd be all for it.
Its heritage of dragon slaying? :razz:
It really happened!
I'm now convinced I'm not moving over anytime soon.
I did not find your post confusing; I'm not surprised though that some people feel "foggy" when they read it. This of course has nothing to do with your writing style or competence; most people just don't get why it matters. Furthermore, it has been politically incorrect for some time to "think" that it matters.
St. George's Day is April the 23rd. He was a nobleman who refused to carry out the Roman Emperor's command to systematically persecute Christians. He was the kind of man who would have stood up to Nazi death camps, greedy slave traders, pimps and drug dealers. A true hero of The Faith; a man who willingly gave his life to prevent it from being used to harm his fellow Christians.
He is the patron Saint of England.
Turkish. It's irrelevant though. St Patrick isn't even Irish and he's our patron saint.
But at least he visited Ireland (albeit involuntarily)
And he got rid of the snakes. :thumb:
he was roman. turkey didnt exist in 300ad
There's no tradition linked to celebrating St George - so an attempt to make it a bank holiday is basically people looking for a free day off, nothing to do with loving or loathing England's heritage.
Its not like he's unique to England (like st Paddy is to Ireland, or Andrew to Scotland). Half the world seems to have him, including Georgia and Palestinian Christians - oh and its also been suggested that he should be the patron saint of same-sex marriages.
That is not surprising.
God i'm cynical.
by a turkish/palestinian born christian whose celebrated in like 6 other regions around europe catalunya is one i believe
only st patricks day is celebrated like mad, st davids day and st andrews day isnt that much
noone stops people celebrating it, it's just at a bad time of year and hasnt really been celebrated for centuries as we've had the UK to worry about here in england :P
Oh, and they should change the date to later in the year if they must! Not enough breaks in the latter parts of the year...
Incidentally, why are people talking about Burns' Night and not St. Andrew's Day for the Scots? I love Burns' Night (mostly 'cos it's my birthday!) but nonetheless...