Hosting Your Own Irish American Festivities With Saint Patricks Day Party Ideas

If you were living in Ireland before the dawn of the Twentieth Century, then you would have celebrated St. Patrick's Day by attending morning mass and eating ham, bacon or lamb for dinner. You would think about St Patrick and early Christianity and would spend the day quietly.

Your family would be thankful that the potato famine has ended and all could be assembled in good health and good spirits, despite the cold. As you know, today's American St. Patrick's Day celebrations are filled with multiple parades, pub crawls, music festivals, competitive games, theatrical performances and dinner parties. Here are some Saint Patricks Day party ideas to help you host your own Irish-American festivities.

Decorations may be among your Saint Patricks Day party ideas as well. Some people feel that there is no such thing as "too much green" and they purchase green tablecloths, confetti, balloons, napkins and paper ribbons.

At www.orientaltradingpost.com, you can get stuffed green gorillas, inflatable leprechauns, shamrock mobiles, leprechaun door hangers and green confetti. They also have pot of gold centerpieces, "Kiss Me I'm Irish" mints, "Happy St. Pats" yard flags, fridge magnets, candles, "faith family friends" pillows, plastic cups and party platters.

You can also find a number of fun and inexpensive Saint Patricks Day party favors here as well. For tasteful decor, you may want to check with your local florist for www.celticbydesign.coma St. Patrick's Day centerpiece. You may also want to visit , www.irishindeed.com or www.simplyirishgifts.com for Irish home decor that's suitable all year round.

Lastly, you may want to wrap up your dinner party with Irish themed movies. Saint Patricks Day party ideas for movies include Going My Way (with Bing Crosby), The Bells of St. Mary's (with Bing Crosby & Ingrid Bergman), The Quiet Man (with John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara), Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt's memoir), Michael Collins (Liam Neeson), Waking Ned Devine, The Field (Richard Harris), In America, Out of Ireland, Gangs of New York (Leonardo DiCaprio), Evelyn (Pierce Brosnan), Darby O'Gill and the Little People, The Crying Game, Veronica Guerin, Leprechaun, and The Magdalen Sisters.

For more info on these St. Patrick's Day films, visit www.rottentomatoes.com.

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