Everybody’s Irish on St. Patricks Day, especially in America where we celebrate so many ethnic holidays. I love the parades and the parties myself, though not one drop of Irish blood courses through my veins in spite of my Scots/Irish surname.  I married it. I wasn’t born with it, but that’s another story for another day.

St Patricks Day is a day for green beer, fun parades and silly hats as well as a day honoring the patron saint of Ireland. It is celebrated in surprising ways all across the globe and is the occasion for the wearing of some pretty amazing hats.

Happy St. Patricks Day, folks.  It’s a great day for the Irish, and for the rest of us as well, not to mention a great day for green hats.

The green glasses are a nice touch, dontchathink?

source: DDFic on Flickr

A crown is a hat too and isn’t her smile lovely?

Source: Irish Philadelphia Photo Essays

Altogether now: “Awwwwwwwww”

Source: Irish Philadelphis Photo Essays

 This is from the St.Patricks Day Parade in Moscow. Yup, Russia. Who knew?

source: prosto photos

 St Patricks Day in the Bywater neighborhood of  New Orleans. Erin Go Bragh, Y’all.

source: infrogmation on Flickr.com

A green hat, a green beard, and orange hair in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Seems fitting:-)

source:Pawelbak on Flickr

Hats or no hats, this is how they celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin. Everybody may be Irish on St. Paddy’s Day, but nobody is as Irish as the Irish. It’s their day, after all. Have a look and join right in.