The saint's day might have started out as a religious thing but these
days, where it's celebrated it's a secular national pride day, really -
Scotland, Wales and Ireland make a much bigger deal of their days than
ours. I suppose it's a kind of substitute Independence day for those
who were never colonised - or aren't yet independent!
It is sort of assumed that the whole country has the same religion - the
Church of England is the established church, no-one of any other
religion can accede to the throne, their bishops have reserved places in
the House of Lords and so have some say in the running of the country.
It's an anachronism, and I dare say it won't stay that way for too many
years more.
Roger
Larry wrote:
>
> Wouldn't a holiday celebrating a saint be a religious holiday, not a
> national one? To make it a national one wouldn't it be assumed the entire
> country is of the same religion?
>
> Larry
>
> Roger Wesson wrote:
>
> > I think the
> > great thing about our patron saint's day is that so few people make a
> > big deal of it. It's good to be so self-confident as a nation that we
> > don't need a national day to affirm our identity!
> >
> > St. George....
>
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