Ping
IMO - these are distractions from Christs sacrifice and prayer that should be focused on Him
St. Januarius = San Gennaro, whose feast day is celebrated in NYC's famous Littel Italy with a huge street festival, is also the patron saint of my birthday: September 19th. YAY!!!!
It is sad that, as DSC has so aptly said, that people cannot believe that God who created the world, and all within it, could not liquify the blood of a Saint on his feast day - as a sign of his love and favor to those who are devoted to the intercession of St. Januarius.