Letter17: St. Patrick’s Day

           
It's really special to listen to the inspirational history behind St. Patrick’s Day. I have to say, people in Taiwan realize Christmas and Thanksgiving very well,but few of them can describe St. Patrick Day in detail . This kind of holiday might only appear in English textbooks. In fact, I didn’t know what's the differences between England and Ireland until at the age of 15 I learned about Europe geography. If you didn't tell me this story, I might thought St. Patrick Day is an English holiday. Much to my interest, many sections around the world seem to be similar, but actually they are totally different from each other. For instance, Taiwan and China, North and South Korea, Spain and Catalonia……people will get confused if they don't inspect them further. I have never knew in fact Irish are forced to become a part of the United Kingdom, their patriotism really touch me, and they never gave up being independent from England. I have no idea what's going on between England and Ireland, but after I google something about it, I found the modern celebration of St. Patrick Day really attract me. These day, not only in Ireland but England, Canada and America celebrate St. Patrick Day. I think Boston may be one of the city highly related to St. Patrick Day the most. Their local NBA team even features the green clover. According to the Internet,people will wear green clothes, hats and shoes, drink green beer, and parade on the road. The pictures of St. Patrick Day look so great. Hope some day I will go to Ireland.