Lacelady

Happy St. George's Day to all the English members on this board. St. George is patron saint of England, and his flag is incorporated into our Union Flag that you are all probably familiar with.

The UK rarely celebrates this day, which I find is a great shame.

KeenKountryKreations

I am EngScot - 1st American born in my family :) My hubby is "George" - Have a Happy Day!!!!

amma

Happy St George's Day to you too!!! :D:D:D

littlehud

Happy St George day to you. I love learning about these other holidays.

Lacelady

That's part of my little grumble - it isn't a holiday, like St Patrick's day is in Ireland, and it certainly isn't celebrated that way either. I did hear on the news today that the Mayor of London was trying to revive a parade or something that was last done in Queen Elizabeth the First's time, 450 years ago.

Lisanne

So, does anyone actually celebrate it? And if so, what do they do?

katei

According to the News tonight - students at English Universities were celebrating by getting drunk! Much like students here do on St Patrick's Day !! ;-)

pookie ookie

St. George is excellent. Let's all go celebrate!

Mamagus

You may find this very interesting! Until very recently St. George's Day was a holiday here in Newfoundland. Then someone from the government was in England on St. George's day and was astounded to find out that we were the only ones who thought it was an important day. It has been phased out as a holiday now!

Moonpi

Is that because dragons are so hard to come by? Have a good one!