St George's Day
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This crops up every year but what are your thoughts on St George's Day not being a national holiday? The Irish have St Patrick's Day, the Australians have Australia Day, the Americans have July 4th and a lot of other countries have national holidays.
I have been brought up to celebrate St George's Day as it is part of our history, I always put a flag or two out the window. A lot say we don't have the day incase we upset others!
I'm just wondering what others feel about this, should somethibg be changed?
I have been brought up to celebrate St George's Day as it is part of our history, I always put a flag or two out the window. A lot say we don't have the day incase we upset others!
I'm just wondering what others feel about this, should somethibg be changed?
Should England have a national holiday for St George's Day? 186 votes
Yes
58%
108 votes
No
13%
25 votes
I don't care
28%
53 votes
0
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Not so much when Easter is early.
ETA - voted yes anyway.
'these mors, coming over here, making themselves our national saint.....'
id rather have may day off.....
An idiotic concept, celebrating an idiotic concept, celebrating an idiotic concept.
Why is there more recognition in ireland and scotland for their patron saints and none whatsoever for the patron saints for wales and england.
But we now live in a multicultural society so its best to sweep it under the carpet as we dont really want to offend anyone do we?
Why would anyone be offended anyway?
...and who gives a crap if they are...?
Burn the Heretic! Suckler on Satan's groin you papish knave >:( venerating saints is a distraction from dedication to a Jesus.
To be fair, you can't really get much more multicultural than St George.
It's not even as if we have first dibs anyway!
A day off work OR working at holiday rates is not the thing stated above.
They should move one of the plethora of Bank Holidays we have in April & May and dedicate it to April 23rd & call it St George's Day.
No reason for if what so ever, England's probably never fully adopted a saints day as of the reformation, why would anyone want one now?
Anyway, St Alban would be a better national saint if one is required.
I guess I'm one of those obnoxious liberals that finds the concept of raging patriotism rather naff so I wouldn't particularly want a holiday to encourage that further.
This is a good point.
It's bizarre that we're inundated with Bank Holidays in April & May, yet there isn't a single one between August & December.
The patron saint of lost things.
Could spend the day looking for things.
All the lefty Councils who call the Union Jack or the England flag, racist and ban flying it.
Or Shakespeare Day for those easily offended.
St David's Day tomorrow and I shall fly my Welsh flag here in England.
TBH I have little time for all this saints day rubbish.
Patriotism is retarded anyway. It's exactly the same as being proud of having brown eyes or blonde hair or something.
Why would it upset anyone?
Give me multiculturalism!
Give me the small-minded nationalism of the Scots!
Give me halal burgers and niqabs!
But don't ever give me St George's Day.
St George is a patron saint that is shared with numerous other countries, just because you couldn't care less about St George's Day doesn't mean you hate England. I think every country has its share of small-minded nationalists, including England.