Tips for Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated with splendor and joy not only in Ireland but also in other countries throughout the world. You can take some help from the following points to plan your celebration this year.

Green Gatherings

St. Patrick’s Day celebration has a custom of wearing and decorating home with green objects. Huge number of people march in parades as part of the St. Patrick’s Day celebration. The city of Dublin holds one of the grandest parades on earth. In the United States you can find spectacular parades in New York and Boston.

Spending the Evening in Irish Pub

The best way of celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day is by spending the night in an Irish pub. You don’t have to travel all the way to Ireland to celebrate the day. Irish pubs can be found everywhere in the United States. For a matter of records, there are 1500 such clubs in the country. These clubs have amazing environment with live typical music and special Irish whiskies.

Celebrate it in Irish Way

Ireland is known for serving the best quality of whiskies in the world. Tullamore Dew and Bushmills are the two best known types of Irish whiskies. You must also follow Irish traditions while celebrating the day. The celebration doesn’t end with drinks and prayers. A hearty meal also forms a part of the celebration. Generally, an Irish menu includes Shepherd’s Pie, colcannon, Irish stew, corned beef, Barm Brack etc.

Decoration

You can decorate your house with green and orange colors articles. Since green has become identifiable with the festival, you must decorate your house in green theme. Replace your table cloths and bed sheets with green ones. Hang green goodies, garlands, star and green candies in the house. Shops are flooded with such articles even before a month in advance.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with full enthusiasm. There is no better way to celebrate it than the Irish way.

Decorated Easter Cookies

You must be looking forward to have a great Easter this year. Since the 2013 New Year party this might be the biggest opportunity to have a wonderful time. Easter is about partying, grand meals and eating delicious candies and cookies. You can decorate cookies in number of ways to make it look equally wonderful as they taste.

Easter Cookies: Shapes and Sizes

Cookies come in varieties of shapes and sizes. Some of the commonest shapes for Easter celebrations are chicks, Easter eggs, rabbits, bunnies, and lambs. You can easily find cookie cutters for these shapes in retail shops selling goods and decorative items for the festival. If you do not have a cutter, there is no reason to worry. You still can make artistic design by your hands as well.

 

 

Delicious Cookie Dough

Your cookies must also taste great apart from looking amazing. You must have good quality for making the cookies. You must buy it from a reputed brand. Some brands are known for providing excellent quality of dough.

Have the Tools at Hand

Before you begin making the cookies, you must ensure you have all the necessary tools and raw materials that you may need during the making and cooking process. You might need colored icing, food coloring, nuts, sprinkles, marshmallows, etc. You can find these raw materials at the nearby grocery shop. You also need lots of creativity, no need to buy or borrow it. You already have it in excess.

Presentation

After you have prepared your cookies, you must present it in an artistic manner. You must involve your family members in dressing up the cookies. Group activities help in binding family strongly. You can also take photograph of your decorated cookies to remind yourself of the way you decorated the Easter cookies in 2013.

Since we do not get much time to socialize with our friends quite often, inviting friends to Easter party will make it a memorable event of the year 2013.