Why St. Patrick is celebrated

While this may sound like an excuse to drink beer and whiskey with friends and paint everything in green, it is actually an Irish celebration of religious origin.

San Patricio, on his deathbed March 17, 461, asked those who accompanied him to give for his "trip" with a drop of whiskey. Then, his followers started organizing the festival to "alleviate their suffering" in the seventeenth century. It was a cultural and religious meeting in Ireland with the concentration of Christians. The legend of this saint says that he arrived in this country as a slave, that he escaped and fled to Britain, but that He returned to Ireland with the obligation to baptize the Irish and convert them to Catholicism. He succeeded in integrating Catholicism into Irish culture and introduced the Celtic cross and the use of bonfires to celebrate holidays. Currently, the Irish continue to express their gratitude with green clovers, mbades, prayers and a big party. In the rest of the world, Irish immigrants perpetuate tradition and other cultures have also embraced this celebration.

In conclusion, drinking "green" beer (often tinted), grilling with whiskey, dressing green and getting drunk is far from the original tradition that only green clovers should be used to honor Saint Patrick or take a sip of distillate.