Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant 2009!!!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by JWBear

The holiday is to celebrate Welsh culture and identity. It really has very little to do with St David; in fact, about as much as St Patrick's Day has to do with St Patrick.

Cool, I'm sure it's a lot of fun. I just can't wrap my head around the use of the Saint's names to mark these festivals.

On Feb 13th, a Friday, we were closing up the library, and my (religious Christian) coworker made a point to wish everyone "a happy SAINT Valentines day", with plenty of pointed emphasis on the SAINT. Um, seriously, do you want us to celebrate the Saint? Are we supposed to go to church?

If I were a Saint with a holiday named after me that had anything to do with drinking, dancing, eating, shopping, having sex...I'd be pissed off.

Which leads to the question - is the church pissed off about these holidays? Do they try to stop them, or alter them? I'm really asking, I have no idea.