St. Patrick's Day

The boys want to start a petition to make St. Patrick's Day a national holiday. It is not derived from a link to their heritage or any kind of Irish pride. They mainly want another day off from school. As if they don't get enough as it is. I asked them to tell me one thing that they know about St. Paddy's day and what the celebration is about. It was pretty much dead silence. I can't even give them an A for effort on this one. Their consolation though is that they get Good Friday off this week.