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St. Patrick's Day merchandise, now in stock at Greetings & Readings
 St. Patrick's Day is Wednesday, March 17 and Greetings & Readings is helping bring out your festive side with a fun selection of St. Patrick's Day gifts, decorations and apparel.
From colorful new Life is good apparel and elegant Celtic pieces including the pictured garden stone with the text of the Old Irish Blessing to tongue-in-cheek party favors including flashing necklaces and funny buttons, there's something for everyone among the choices at Greetings & Readings.
Scan this page and discover new gift ideas for one of our favorite holidays of the year. Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, but for someone who needs some extra convincing, there's the I'm not Irish... but kiss me anyway! balloon!
 The history of St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick, the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland and a bishop who ministered in northern Ireland until his death in the mid-fifth century.
Originally, St. Patrick's Day was celebrated as a religious holiday. Although secular celebrations now exist, the holiday remains a religious observance in Ireland, for both the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic Church.
In the mid-1990s, the Irish government began a campaign to use St. Patrick's Day to showcase Ireland and its culture. Since 1996, there has been a greater emphasis on celebrating and projecting an inclusive notion of "Irishness" rather than an identity based around traditional religious or ethnic allegiance.
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