# Poll: St. Patricks's day national holiday in Canada: Yay or nay?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-st-patrickss-day-national-holiday-in-canada-yay-or-nay/161959
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [March 17, 2003, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-st-patrickss-day-national-holiday-in-canada-yay-or-nay/161959 "2003-03-17T08:45:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-st-patrickss-day-national-holiday-in-canada-yay-or-nay/161959/1 "2003-03-17T08:45:24Z")
Do you believe that we should have a day off for St. Patricks day?(Canada)
Why or why not?
Since alot of my ancestry is of U.K. origin, It would be cool to have a national holiday here in Canada.
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-st-patrickss-day-national-holiday-in-canada-yay-or-nay/161959/2 "2003-03-17T14:02:57Z")
No. Canada isn’t Ireland. If we need another holiday, it should be in celebration of something Canadian.
Also, March 17 usually (not this year, though) falls relatively close to Easter. IF you needed another civic holiday, a better month for a holiday would be February.
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### Author:  [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-st-patrickss-day-national-holiday-in-canada-yay-or-nay/161959/3 "2003-03-17T14:08:08Z")
And St Patrick’s day is the national holiday of Ireland, not the U.K.
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### Author:  [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-st-patrickss-day-national-holiday-in-canada-yay-or-nay/161959/4 "2003-03-17T14:24:41Z")
Of course we can all do with another day off work, but I don’t think Canada needs to officially celebrate St Patty’s Day with a National Holiday.
Sure, I voted ‘yes’ on the Guinness website…but I just wanted to win the prize.
And due to work and school and such, we generally don’t start celebrating until later in the afternoon, which is probably a good thing. Canadians, generally, can’t hold their green beer long enough to be drinking ALL DAY. 😉
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### Author:  [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-st-patrickss-day-national-holiday-in-canada-yay-or-nay/161959/5 "2003-03-17T18:20:53Z")
No, it just doesn’t really mean anything to me. Besides, if you were going to ask for another holiday relating to St Patricks Day, wouldn’t it make more sense to have the day _after_ St Patricks Day off?
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### Author:  [@Triss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triss)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-st-patrickss-day-national-holiday-in-canada-yay-or-nay/161959/6 "2003-03-17T18:30:44Z")
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> _Originally posted by RickJay_
> IF you needed another civic holiday, a better month for a holiday would be February.
If? _If?_ IF? Whassamatta whif’ yew, boah??? 😉
I personally will take any extra holiday for any reason whatsoever. No problem.
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> _Originally posted by Harli_
> Canadians, generally, can’t hold their green beer long enough to be drinking ALL DAY.
Speak for yourself. Infidel.
😛
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### Author:  [@Minor\_Irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minor_Irritant)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-st-patrickss-day-national-holiday-in-canada-yay-or-nay/161959/7 "2003-03-18T01:05:27Z")
I’d take it, of course.
But I’d prefer to celebrate John A. MacDonald’s birthday, in January. It’s such a bleak month.
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### Author:  [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-st-patrickss-day-national-holiday-in-canada-yay-or-nay/161959/8 "2003-03-18T03:00:03Z")
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> \*Originally posted by ruadh \*
> \*\*And St Patrick’s day is the national holiday of Ireland, not the U.K. \*\*
Ah. I forgot, the UK and Ireland are different countrys. So I have irish and british ancestry.