Not long ago I was bombarded with emails / TV adverts and bus shelter adverts telling me to celebrate with a pint of Guiness because "March 17th is St Patrick's day". That's great, lovely, nice idea. Except I live in England. I am English, and my patron saint isn't St Patrick - it's St. George.
Today is April 23rd, St George's Day, and how many emails / TV ads and bus shelter ads have I seen telling me it's time to celebrate with a pint of Pedigree, or Spitfire? Exactly 0. Nil. Zilch. Zip. None. Not a single advert anywhere.
Why are we so crap at being proud of being English? We should have a national holiday today in England. We should be flying flags. We should be eating a roast dinner and drinking English ale. We should be celebrating all things English, but do we? Of course not.
If I was in school today I would be making sure that the children knew exactly who St George was. I'd have use the foam javelins for a jousting event in PE. I'd have had themed lessons related to St George and Dragons. (I've done it before in schools and the kids love it).
Stand Up. Be Proud. Celebrate. It's St. George's Day. It's England Day.
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