So, as Gadling’s certified alcoholic (I have a signed document by one Mr. J. Glow if you want to see it), I figured that I had a pretty good idea of when St. Patrick’s day was. March 17th. The day after my birthday, right? Two days after the Ides of March, right? And I’m pretty sure that there’s an LCD display at Connor O’neils downtown that counts down to midnight the night of the 17th. I thought that this was obvious.
But I just checked the Wikipedia page and about three other sources and have now verified that St. Patrick’s day is on March 15th this year. March 15th! Says Wikipedia:
“The date of the feast is occasionally moved by church authorities when March 17 falls during Holy Week; this last happened in 1940 when Saint Patrick’s Day was observed on 3 April in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and will happen again in 2008, when it shall be held on 15 March.”
But that means that it’s on a Saturday! So we can all go out and drink all day without having to worry about going to work the next day! Oh Holy Week, clever like the fox you are.
I wonder how many bars and pubs will acknowledge this change stateside. At the very worst, this is a good excuse to get hammered on the 15th AND on the 17th.
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