St. Patricks Day Celebrations

I always thought of St. Patrick's Day as a traditional Irish celebration, so I was surprised when I learned that the first St. Patrick's Day Parade was held in New York in 1762. (I have to point out that Philadelphia's was second, in 1771.)

What is perhaps even more surprising is where St. Patrick's celebrations are held throughout the world. There will be a parade on March 18 in Quebec, Canada and on March 19 in Montreal, Canada and Tokyo, Japan, and there were celebrations over the past weekend in all over the world, including Munich, Germany. You can even find Irish celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan and in Rome, Italy.

So I guess we're going to hear, "Kiss Me. I'm Irish." in a lot of different languages this week...