17 March is Saint Patrick's Day!

Today, 17 March, is Saint Patrick's Day!

I would like to shortly introduce Saint Patrick's Day in that I once did a presentation about this in American cultural class when I was in Taiwan. 

(website source: wikipedia)

It is a cultural and religious celebration for memorising the traditional death date of Saint Patrick: the foremost patron saint of Ireland. Nowadays many Irish diasporas in the US still remain this tradition and celebrate their Saint Patrick's Day.

How to celebrate this official Christian feast day if you are in the UK? Simply, going to an Irish pub and getting a drink, or wearing of green attire or shamrocks and joining the parade (if there is any in your city), then going to pub and getting a drink (ha) for Irish are quite famous for their passion for drinking. 

‘According to the national charity Alcohol Action Ireland, Ireland is one of 26 nations in the European Union with the highest alcohol consumption rates per capita. In fact, the Irish drink about 20% more than the average European.’

(Source: http://alcohol.addictionblog.org/why-do-irish-people-drink-a-lot/ access dated: 17 March, 2017)

What else we need to know about this special date? Saint Patrick used the three-leaved shamrock to explain and symbolise the Holy Trinity to Irish pagans. And if you ever watched the horror film, such as ‘The last exorcism’, the Father—the exorcist could call on ‘In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit’, which is so-called the Holy Trinity(以聖父,聖子,聖靈之名,即三位一體), with his powerful bible, cross and holy water to deter the demon.

(Website source: wikipedia)

Finally, tonight will be a very peaceful night.