We all love to wear green and celebrate St. Patricks Day with some corned beef and cabbage or Guinness and whiskey. As you get ready to celebrate, you may be curious about where some of these traditions come from. Here are a few interesting facts about St. Patrick's day.
The four-leaf clover symbolizes hope, faith, love, and luck.

In Ireland, St. Patrick's Day is a national holiday. Banks and most businesses close for the day so that everyone can celebrate.

The first St. Patrick's Day celebration in the US took place in Boston in 1737.

Around 13,000,000 pints of beer will be consumed on St. Patricks Day.

The original color of St. Patrick's day was blue and was later changed to the color green we love and celebrate with today.

St. Patrick is credited with ridding Ireland of snakes, but it is likely that the cold weather contributed to the lack of them. How fun does a place without snakes sound, though?

Americans will likely spend over 6 Billion dollars celebrating the holiday.

Erin go Bragh roughly translated means "Ireland Forever."

We hope you have a fun and safe holiday!