If you're planning on enjoying the evening at the bar, here are a few fun facts to share with your local leprechauns while you enjoy a pint, or two!
To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, 110 million people will celebrate the day by wearing green, eating an Irish-inspired meal, or going out to celebrate.
The largest St. Patrick's Day parade in the United States, and held since 1762, is in New York City. It draws more than one million spectators each year.
In Ireland, St. Patrick's Day is a religious holiday similar to Christmas and Easter.
The very first St. Patrick's Day parade was not in Ireland. It was in Boston in 1737.
The city of Chicago is so excited about St. Patrick's Day that they dye their river green, and have been doing it since 1962! They used 45 pounds of vegetable-based die to accomplish this.
Who knew that cards for St. Patrick's day were popular?! Apparently, there are 15 million cards that are exchanged on St. Patrick's Day.
33.7 million U.S. residents who are of Irish ancestry. That number is almost nine times the population of Ireland itself.
33.7 million U.S. residents who are of Irish ancestry. That number is almost nine times the population of Ireland itself.
While green is the color of the day, St. Patrick was actually known for wearing "Saint Patrick's blue." Yet green is popular because it is the color of spring, of Ireland, and of the shamrock.
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Because Ireland is primarily Catholic, and March 17th occurs in the midst of Lent, they named St. Patrick's Day a religious holiday so that the bars would close and beer wasn't served. They finally got "lucky" in 1961 when the holiday was introduced as a national holiday and the pubs and bars reopened!
Cabbage shipments increase by about 70% during the week of St. Patrick's Day.
The Best Beer at the Lake of the Ozarks!
If you're ready to celebrate St. Patrick's Day at the Lake of the Ozarks the right way - come out to Casablanca on March 17th (and all of the days leading up to it!) We always have a cold beer waiting for you, and your seat ready at the bar. The brick oven is hot and ready to make your favorite pizza pie, and the company is always fun. Come out to the Bagnell Dam Strip and find your own Irish luck - and don't forget to swap some fun facts about this fun holiday with your friends.
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