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Saint Patrick’s Day, celebrated on March 17, is a Christian holiday that celebrates Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

Saint Patrick was an evangelizer of Ireland. The legend tells that he would have driven all the snakes out of the country, symbolizing the conversion of the Irish people.

The festival is already celebrated by the Irish since the 9th and 10th centuries. It became a legal holiday in the Irish calendar on March 16, 1607. Saint Patrick’s Day is a public holiday in Ireland.

Saint Patrick’s Day is progressively become a civil holiday, symbol of recognition for all Irish people. It is in the United States, in Boston, that the first celebration of this holiday took place in 1737. The first official parade took place in New York in 1762. In Ireland, the first Saint Patrick’s Day parade took place in Dublin in 1931.

In the 1990s, the Irish government began a campaign to associate Saint Patrick’s Day with a festival to promote Irish culture. The government forms a group called the Saint Patrick Festival, which has the aim of :

• offer a national festival that ranks among the largest celebrations in the world
• to create energy and excitement across Ireland through innovation, creativity, investment and commercial activity
• provide an opportunity and motivation for people of Irish origin to assist and join in imaginative and expressive celebrations
• to project, internationally, a fair image of Ireland as a creative, professional and sophisticated country.

The first Saint Patrick Festival took place on March 17, 1996. The festival stretches on 5 days. The event progressively became more secular. Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated not only by the Irish, but also by cities all over the world, including Buenos Aires (Argentina), New York (USA) and Montreal (Canada). The festival is characterized by the color green and symbols of Irish culture. During this celebration you must wear green clothes, assist at parades and festivals, and consume Irish food and drink.

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World Pillow Fight Day takes place every year on April 7!
The first World Pillow Fight Day took place on March 22, 2008, at the initiative of the Urban Playground Movement, a group of activists whose aim was to transform the city into a playground. In this way, armed with pillows of all sizes, 35 cities took part, including Paris, Montpellier and Strasbourg in France. It wasn’t until 2010 that World Pillow Fight Day had a dedicated day.
In 2015, the town of Brookings in the southern United States achieved the feat of gathering more than 4,200 people, pillows and bolsters in hand.
World Pillow Fight Day is essentially about having fun, recapturing your childlike spirit, letting off steam, just with pillows.

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Hello hello, we all know that Christmas is over but the magic is still around!
I wonder if you too have been able to observe the wonderful Christmas atmosphere in the cities thanks to the Christmas tree outside, the lights illuminating the city at night and the shopping malls decorated especially for this occasion. Everything makes me dream (even if I don’t believe in Santa Claus)!
In addition, social networks filled with recipes, gift ideas, decorations and several outfits in red and green tones are a plus to this cheerful atmosphere.
Several activities took place in this theme such as Christmas markets where you could make ice sculptures, buy jewelry that was not worth their price, drink hot chocolate or simply as opportunities to go out with friends.
Then, why was it great to celebrate Christmas? Because the houses were decorated, that’s one point. For the biggest fans, you could see outdoor decorations with Santa Claus, lights and a mailbox. But I think that the interiors of the houses have all been nicely decorated with a beautiful tree, some have had to add more than a tree, like pillow cushion for their sofas, table decorations, lamps .
Have you received the gifts of your dreams? I do!!! I’ve wanted it for a long time, and now I’m satisfied. I sincerely hope you got what you wanted.
Last question before we leave you, who did you celebrate Christmas with? With your family or friends? Maybe even with your pets!!
Bye

International Coffee Day is a real event! It is celebrated on October 1, mainly by countries belonging to the Commonwealth (USA, Canada, UK, Australia), and focuses on promoting organic coffee and supporting the world’s coffee producers!

The first official date was October 3rd 2015, as decided by the ICO (International Coffee Organization), and was introduced in Milan. Unfortunately, the exact origin of International Coffee Day is unknown.

Many countries have a national coffee day, often more ancient, on various dates. For exemple in Ireland, it’s celebrated on January 25.

Via social networks, many companies offer special deals and distribute coupons to their followers. On this day, many companies offer free or reduced-price cups of coffee. Greeting card companies sell International Coffee Day greeting cards and free e-cards. However, in March 2014, the Member of the ICO agreed to designate October 1 as International Coffee Day, with the intention of uniting coffee lovers around the world in a single day of celebration.