Like a lot of Americans and Canadians I have a very mixed
ethnic background, but perhaps the one I was most aware of growing up was Irish
Catholic. (Despite the German name I had little sense of being German, although
it did influence me to take German language courses in high school). The family tradition around St. Patrick’s Day
was pretty simple. We didn’t do anything at all. Of course there was a lot less
fuss then about the holiday – something that is true of many other holidays, like
Halloween.
So today I am breaking with that family tradition and
wearing green. Why ? I don’t know.
It does remind me of my high school history teacher who
talked quite a bit about his Irish grandmother and then wore orange on St.
Patrick’s Day…
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