Saint Patrick’s Day is coming up in less than 24 hours, which makes me contemplate as to how we Indians ever became so engrossed in this holiday? Ok, maybe not the adults – but the kids have gone a wee bit overboard!
This past weekend my daughters were ransacking the house to find every little green thing that we own. To be quite honest I have never really liked the color green. When I was little my mother used to make me eat – or is it drink?? – her ghastly version of a very GREEN pea soup, YUCK! Her passive aggressive look only made me shudder and eventually clean my bowl. Hey, if you knew my mother, you knew that no one messed with her “look”. Eventually I would make myself sick enough that I would puke all over the bathroom floor in the color of…..what else…green pea soup. Hence my affection for all things considered green came to an abrupt ending.
But the kids, oh the kids! Sunday night the plan was laid out before our very eyes, green pants, green tops, socks, even underwear all in green. This morning as I was fixing my youngest daughter’s hair into a ponytail, she reminds me, “Amma, don’t forget to use the green hair bands tomorrow…It’s St. Patrick’s Day, remember!” Yes dear, I know. I’ve known that this day was coming since the beginning of March.
I figure this, as with most holidays, is just a passage in the wonderful world of childhood. Eventually they will grow out of it. When that happens, the days that rake in cash (like Birthdays, Vishu, and Christmas) will be the only ones that really matter. Hey, I guess since this isn’t costing me much, except for the green hair paint for the middle schooler, I should be happy.
HAPPY ST. PADDY’S DAY!
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