Lucky Charms with a Side of Cabbage, Please

Irish that we could eat corned beef and pretend we're leprechauns every day.

So I do.

However, most of America performs such actions only on one special day: St. Patrick's Day. What even is St. Patrick's Day? Most people are agreen' with me when I say that it's a pretty random holiday choice. To find out why we wear green and celebrate a foreign tradition, we need to take a luck at where it originated.

Truthfully, it's still a religious holiday in parts of Europe. I'd beefoolin' around if I told you that it carries that meaning over in America today, however. A day that originally recognized a Christian missionary and his use of the clover as a tool in an object lesson has transformed into a public invite to drink beer and look for the pot o' gold under the rainbow (My uncle claims to have found one, but he's also colorblind which may slightly ruin his credibility...).

But you know what? That's the same process that oh so many holidays, if not every holiday, goes through clover and clover again. It's become a day to eat food! (Which shamrocks in some cases).

So while your stomach size is Dublin, people in Europe are honoring the holiday with worship.

I'm not here to March in and educate you on Irish tradition, but I wanted to find out more about the origin of St. Patty's Day, and in turn I'm sharing it with you. The religious significance wasn't the first thing to cross my mind, but now I know.

I know many of our readers are in a time pinch, so I'll leaf it at that. But I hope this brought some charm to your understanding of the holiday coming up on Monday.

-Nick