I didn't really "get" Saint Patricks Day until my freshman year of college. In Elementary school, it was just a strange holiday where you HAD to wear green or the other kids would pinch you. Pinch you. Like little leprechauns. I hated Saint Patricks Day. Until I got to college. That was the first time someone invited me to a "Saint Patricks Day party", and I was like, "Ohhh. It's a DRINKING holiday. That makes way more sense than the pinching thing." Drinking holidays really pull their weight in college. Does anyone know the history of Saint Patricks day? Was there ever a Saint named Patrick? Was he Irish? Was he green? Nobody cares. The bars at my college had a "Kegs and Eggs" ritual every year - opening up at 6 AM to serve eggs and green beer. EGGS and BEER. Any other day of the year, ...