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Originally Posted by raeanna74
St. Patty's day it somewhat more of an established holiday. I see it on my calendars that I buy in the stores anywhere. I don't see Cinco De Mayo on the calendars. I've hardly even heard of Cinco De Mayo before this year. I'm sure I did but I didn't hear of it as often before.
Also we don't have an Oktoberfest in our town so I wouldn't count that one either.
I think St Patty's day is more prolific because it's also more of a religiously based holiday. There are fewer American holidays that have no religious celebrations that go with them.
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Given the history of German immigrants and Wisconsin, in general, I'm really surprised to hear that there would be any part of that state not celebrating Oktoberfest. If it's not in the town somewhere, at least any Lutheran church is going to have
some kind of gathering
but directly to your OP, I think the reason why places that haven't traditionally been exposed to major may 5 celebrations are now hearing about it now is at least partly due to immigration issues and the recent protests. I doubt it's any desire to be multicultural. and to your indirect question, as to why should we even care, I think that certain portions of our nation have had complicated relations with mexico. part of our heritage has been shared for longer than it hasn't. and much of that heritage has been postiive influences, back and forth, including our unification against European colonialists.
but as I've noted elsewhere, it really boils for me personally that, like any other good-blooded native american/latino/german I really need only minimal...minimal...minimal reason to celebrate and drink
