Happy St. Patrick's Day

There's something about a holiday that gets both businesses and people excited.

Shamrocks, green hats, green clothes, green beer; these are just some of the things people think about when St. Patrick's Day is mentioned, but did you know:

• Originally, the color associated with St.Patrick's Day is blue.
• St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland but was born in Roman, Britain.
• When he was about 16, Patrick was captured by Irish raiders and taken as a slave to Ireland.
• In 1903, Saint Patrick's Day became an official public holiday in Ireland
• The largest St. Patrick's Day celebration in the world is in New York City.

Information for this was collected from here.