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CoolHoliday
Saint Patrick's Day is
celebrated worldwide by
Irish people and
increasingly by
non-Irish people, as
well (usually in
Australia, North
America, and Ireland).
Hence the phrase,
"Everyone wants to be
Irish on St. Patrick's
Day." Celebrations are
generally themed around
the color green and all
things Irish; both
Christians and
non-Christians celebrate
the secular version of
the holiday by wearing
green or orange, eating
Irish food and/or green
foods, imbibing Irish
drink (usually
Guinness), and attending
parades.
The longest-running
Saint Patrick's Day
celebrations in the U.S.
are:
* Boston, Massachusetts,
since 1737
* New York City, since
1756
* Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, since 1771
* Morristown, New
Jersey, since 1780
* Buffalo, New York,
since 1811
* Savannah, Georgia,
since 1813
* Carbondale,
Pennsylvania, since 1833
* Chicago, Illinois,
since 1843
 *
New Haven, Connecticut,
since 1845
* San Francisco,
California, since 1852
* Scranton,
Pennsylvania, since 1862
* Cleveland, Ohio, since
1867
* Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, since 1869
* Kansas City, Missouri,
since 1873
* Butte, Montana, since
1882
* Rolla, Missouri, since
1908
CoolFactsAboutEaster
This dating of Easter is
based on the lunar
calendar which the
Hebrew people used, to
identify Passover; which
is why it moves around
on our Roman calendar.
Based on the above,
Easter can actually be
one day earlier (March
22), but that rarely
happens.
This year is the
earliest Easter any of
us will ever see the
rest of our
lives! And only the most
elderly of our
population have ever
seen it this
early, those of us who
are 95 years old or
above!
 Here
are the facts:
1) The next time Easter
will be this early
(March 23) will be the
year 2228, which is (220
years from now). The
last time it was this
early was 1913.
2) The next time it will
be a day earlier, March
22, will be in the year
2285 (277 years from
now). The last time it
was on March 22 was the
year 1818.
So, no one alive today,
has or will EVER see it
any earlier than This
Year!
CoolActivities
Click here to
download an Easter Maze.
Click here to
download an Easter
coloring picture.
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