What’s Going On In & Around Naperville For St. Patrick’s Day?
For many, it's wearing green, drinking Guinness, and attending a parade; For others, it's running marathons in green and rainbow outfits, and enjoying some delicious corned beef and cabbage.
No matter how you celebrate, holidays are always a great time for fun.
Here's what's going on in and around the Naperville area this year:
*** Events In & Around The Area ***
* If you’re looking for some fun ways to spend St. Patty’s Day around the area, the annual West Suburban Irish (hosted) parade takes place on March 14th this year. Come out with friends and family to observe the parade and celebrate the holiday with your community.
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* The Rotary Club of Naperville (in cooperation with the West Suburban Irish), will be hosting a ‘5K Race, Run, or Walk’ on the same day, prior to the parade!
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* On March 15th, you and your loved ones can attend the CINNAHOLIC & BEER-CIDER PAIRING
They will be pairing beers and ciders with creations from Cinnaholic Gourmet Cinnamon Rolls in Naperville. Our dinners and pairings routinely sell out, so be sure to buy them in advance!
https://down...ion-march-15/
* We hope you’ll join us for a painting class around March 17th, before or after you St. Patty’s celebration, or any other day this month! We’ve got some fabulous artwork on the schedule so grab your friends and family and come out to Pinot's Palette to paint, drink, and have fun!
See our calendar here: https://www....rville/events
**CHICAGO Celebrations:
From raucous pub crawls to lively parades, there nothing quite like St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago. In March, Irish taverns are packed with revelers, jovial crowds fill the city streets, and the Chicago River sparkles brilliant shades of emerald green.
https://www....-day-chicago/
*** The History Of St. Patrick’s Day ***
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated annually on March 17, the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years. On St. Patrick’s Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink and feast–on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.
It was emigrants, particularly to the United States, who transformed St. Patrick’s Day into a largely secular holiday of revelry and celebration of things Irish. Cities with large numbers of Irish immigrants, who often wielded political power, staged the most extensive celebrations, which included elaborate parades. Boston held its first St. Patrick’s Day parade in 1737, followed by New York City in 1762. Since 1962 Chicago has coloured its river green to mark the holiday. (Although blue was the colour traditionally associated with St. Patrick, green is now commonly connected with the day.) Irish and non-Irish alike commonly participate in the “wearing of the green”—sporting an item of green clothing or a shamrock, the Irish national plant, in the lapel. Corned beef and cabbage are associated with the holiday, and even beer is sometimes dyed green to celebrate the day. Although some of these practices eventually were adopted by the Irish themselves, they did so largely for the benefit of tourists.
**Interesting Fact: More than 100 St. Patrick's Day parades are held across the United States; New York City and Boston are home to the largest celebrations.
*** Traditions include:
-Wearing green (or else you can expect a ‘pinch’)
-Shamrocks
Legend has it that St. Patrick used the three-leaved shamrock to explain the Christian Holy Trinity.
-Parades!
Wh doesn't LOVE a good parade?! There are tons of them around the area, so check your local calendar of events if you're not able to attend one of the ones, mentioned above.
-The annual dyeing of the Chicago River for St. Patrick's Day.
If you've never had the chance to see it, make it a priority this year!
-LOTS (like… really, a lot) of Guinness
On a typical day, Americans drink about 600,000 pints of the Dublin-based beer. But on St. Patrick's Day, about 3 million pints of Guinness are downed, according to Guinness in an email to USA TODAY Network.
-Rainbows and Pots of Gold
(Luck of The Irish):
In the 1800s, large east coast American cities rejected Irish immigrants. Draper said many moved west where they discovered gold and silver. He explained many Americans refused to believe that the Irish were smart enough to find precious metals on their own. “People believed they must have received this wealth because they were lucky, because they followed the [proverbial] rainbow,” he said.
-Leprechauns
The History of leprechauns: https://www....-leprechauns/
-Corned beef and cabbage
Although a classic St. Patrick's Day meal, corned beef and cabbage is more American than Irish.