M1: St. Patty's Day

Even though Buffalo has a huge Irish population, I am not one of those people. In my house, we don’t really celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The only one who really does is my oldest sister Megan. Every year on St. Patrick’s Day, she feels the need to watch both of the Boondock Saints movies. For those of you who aren’t familiar with these movies, they are about two Irish brothers who accidentally kill members of the mafia. After turning themselves in,  they were released and said to be heroes. Then then say it as a calling from God to kill of the mafia members. As a detective sets out trying to catch the unknown assassins, he starts to realize that what they are going is a good thing. In the second movie, the twins, who live with their father in Ireland, were informed by their uncle that they were framed for killing a Christian priest in Boston. The twins are forced to return to the city, not to show their identity but instead to find out who framed them for the murder. Along with watching the movies, she always goes to the St. Patrick’s Day parade that occurs downtown the Sunday prior to the holiday. Last year, she even got a little stuffed dog, who is green. His name is Patty. Also in our house around St. Patrick’s Day, my mom makes an Irish dinner, corn beef and cabbage. I’m far from a fan of it, I think it’s rather disgusting. Even though I’m not Irish, the entire month of March is a month to celebrate the holiday. It’s one of my favorite months because spring is slowly appearing and it’s the only month that it is acceptable to wear green everyday and you don’t need a reason for it!