[Diana in Wisconsin]

Well, that was unexpected news, LOL! (Not.)

[Savage Beast]

Anybody ever been in Savannah on St. Patrick’s Day?

[1rudeboy]

String a week’s worth of St. Patrick’s Days together and you get Carnival, or Oktoberfest, or Mardi Gras. Yeah, whatever - - St. Patrick’s Day gives the amateurs something to talk about.

[oyez]

Isn't that Barney Frank?

[SES1066]

Dancing, partying and drinking; national holidays wouldn't exist without them. The top 10 drinking holidays by country are: 1. St. Patrick's Day (United States, Ireland), 2. Carnival (Brazil), 3. Oktoberfest (Germany), 4. Cinco de Mayo (Mexico), 5. Halloween (United States), 6. Purim (Israel), 7. Fourth of July (United States), 8. Mardi Gras (United States), 9. New Year's Eve (various countries) and 10. Christmas (various countries).

Obviously a Journalism School Graduate - Anybody else notice the duplication of 2 & 8? Just because you name something different in 2 different countries, it is still the same if it marks the same occasion - in this case the last 'fun days' before the penitential season of Lent. Then again, in the aggressively secular world of journalism, they probably have to look up 'Lent' in the dictionary in order to spell it right.

[petercooper]

[Red_Devil 232]

He what about "Spring Break"?

[ronniesgal]

every day is a drinking holiday in Ireland.

[Logic n' Reason]

Top Ten???

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

The 31st of any month

The 29th of any month

The 28th of any month

There ya go...the top ten!!!

[Lockbar]

Its always been my impression that Thanksgiving was one of the heaviest drinking holidays. Plus its tops for violent fights at the dinner table, or right after the table is cleared. Family members who don’t really like each other are forced to spend time together “for the family”. Plus they don’t have the camouflage of good will and smiling kids that Christmas brings.

[SamAdams76]

I might get some flack from some of the other chaps on this board, but for me, Halloween is the biggest drinking holiday. Not sure how it came to be that way but the older I got, the more I could not tolerate those ringing doorbells from all those children in Wal-Mart bought costumes demanding their share of candy (also bought from Wal-Mart). Not to mention the dog barking like a lunatic.

If it were up to me, I'd just cut to the chase and have all those damn kids spend the night at Wal-Mart. Save a lot of aggravation for everybody, that's for sure.

So when I get home from work on Halloween, I hit the booze right away so that when the doorbells start their incessant ringing, I'd at least be dulled to the experience a little.

One good part of Halloween is that it's the traditional night I light my first fire in the fireplace. So when all the kids have gone home to gorge on their candy, I can at least sit by the fire with a glass of brandy and read some Edgar Allan Poe.