Go Green With A Fabulous St. Patrick's Day Fete

By Lizbeth Nathaniel


Americans definitely enjoy celebrating St. Patrick's Day every March 17 of the year even when we all know that he is Ireland's patron saint. However, people in the United States enjoy the chance to celebrate Irish culture where several cities and towns host parades and events related to St. Patrick's Day. The Chicago River is transformed into a bright green waterway in order to celebrate this special day. Here are some wonderful suggestions should you consider planning your own event for St. Patrick's Day.

Obviously, when it comes to decorations, green will be the predominant color and you can make some stunning decorations for your home quite easily. Fill hurricane candle holders with green lentils or dried peas and then set a white candle on top. You can also fill clear jars with light and dark green candies. You also could decorate with a rainbow theme, if you like, and make a rainbow of streamers.

What create great impact on parties are fresh flowers too. You can always choose to have bouquets of Hydrangeas in white and light green since it is St. Patrick's Day or a green vase showcasing an assortment of white gerberas, green hydrangeas and some other greenery. Local florists including your San Clemente florist, Irvine florist and Carlsbad florist also can offer you with other wonderful options including shamrock plants delivered fresh on your event.

Any party would surely highlight its food and drink so for your St. Patrick's event, make sure you have lots of Irish beer like Smithwick's, Kilkenny and, of course, Guinness. Check out cocktail recipe sites for quirky and fun green cocktails, such as a tart appletini or perhaps a lush key lime martini.

Your dinner should include plenty of Irish favorites, and one easy idea would be to cook up a hearty beef stew in a crock pot and serve it with some Irish soda bread. Set out platters with the best quality corned beef as well as rye bread and other sandwich fixings as well. You could also serve a side of the traditional Irish dish of Colcannon. For dessert serve beautiful green cupcakes with a candy shamrock on top and some green sugar cookies in the shape of shamrocks.

Create an Irish pub-like setting for that St. Patrick's night prepared with games of all sorts. You can make use of a dart board, a corn hole game or any other stuff you are likely to find in a bar. When guests include adults and children you should take into account the possibility of preparing fun games which can be suitable for all ages. The night then should be filled with Irish tunes playing in the background for the overall impact and making your St. Patrick's party truly perfect.




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