Happy St George's Day 2021

JohnG7 said:
I did read in the media they wanted to try stop celebrating this day (typical cancel culture PC BS).



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Happy St. George's Day from a fellow Scot/Brit. :)
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Look like St George is helping the dragon with its Covid-19 swab test :)
 
Doesn't St George share Turkish heritage with our Prime Minister. It shows our wonderful inclusivity in this nation for a patron saint of one of the countries and the PM to have ancestors hailing from all parts of the globe.

Happy St George's day.:)
 
Hussman said:
It frustrates me, as an Englishman, that there seems to be little coverage or "celebration" of this day in my own country. St Patrick's Day seems very popular etc
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Probably because we're sensible enough to not give a toss about 'saints.' ;) Especially ones that have nothing to do with the region let alone the country. Still the story of slaying the dragon Is a nice one.

You are right though that doesn't mean there shouldn't be a national holiday. In other countries even the different regions have their own day which is national holiday.
 
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@JohnG7. Neighbours celebrated and decorated with a flag. It is part of my childhood, history lessons learning. :)

Just listening to Talk Radio, who were celebrating/debating this tonight that whilst St Patrick is celebrated worldwide - St George is frowned upon!
 
Didn't even realise.
Never celebrated it, an it's not a bank holiday.

I'm from England but live in Wales. Only reason I knew was because Welsh friends asked!
 
What did the observant members of the forum do to mark St Georges Day?

I was at work but I don't take much notice of holiday-less special days. Still, even when it comes to the big ones like Easter and Xmas everyone has their own take on it and it's been a super long time since I did anything vaguely religious on either of those occasions.
 
Well I had a pleasant evening in the garden enjoying some nice ale. Rang a couple of friends for a catch up. Sad that we couldn't do our usual country/traditional pub jaunt.

Work today and the pubs that are open last night would have been mobbed so gave it a miss. Shame the media don't use the day to celebrate great achievements of English peeps.

Also the trashing of this thread is pretty disappointing. There truly are some really bitter individuals on here.
 
Hotwired said:
What did the observant members of the forum do to mark St Georges Day?

I was at work but I don't take much notice of holiday-less special days. Still, even when it comes to the big ones like Easter and Xmas everyone has their own take on it and it's been a super long time since I did anything vaguely religious on either of those occasions.
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Tbh didn't wake up and know it was that day, but took some time to reflect that I have no desire to leave my part of England spent over a month walking across spain, and although an amazing experience was pleased to see the coast of England, even though it was plymouth :p (santander ferry)
 
Unlike the Irish and the Scots, I don't think there is much sense of 'Englishness'. I guess it has something to do with people supporting the underdog and the minorities (in this case, minorities of the Union) bounding together to ensure that their identity isn't amalgamised by the majority.

By the English banding together to celebrate this day, what exactly are they celebrating? It just seems an occasion to get ****** up which is fine but there doesn't seem much collective revelry in the same way you get when celebrating St Patricks day if you are Irish or with Irish people.

Add to this the way that St George is regarded as a military crusader, conquering through force and the association of the St George's Cross with unpleasant factions of society (be that fascists, or football hooliganism) I'm not sure it's an easy sell to celebrate.

I think ultimately the idea of celebrating a national day is quite outdated and any display of flag flying is likely to be a political statement rather than a sign of national pride (though they could be the same thing...)

I say all this as someone who whilst lives in Glasgow, was born in England, support England in international sport but considers themselves British.
 
Ahleckz said:
Unlike the Irish and the Scots, I don't think there is much sense of 'Englishness'. I guess it has something to do with people supporting the underdog and the minorities (in this case, minorities of the Union) bounding together to ensure that their identity isn't amalgamised by the majority.

By the English banding together to celebrate this day, what exactly are they celebrating? It just seems an occasion to get ****** up which is fine but there doesn't seem much collective revelry in the same way you get when celebrating St Patricks day if you are Irish or with Irish people.

Add to this the way that St George is regarded as a military crusader, conquering through force and the association of the St George's Cross with unpleasant factions of society (be that fascists, or football hooliganism) I'm not sure it's an easy sell to celebrate.

I think ultimately the idea of celebrating a national day is quite outdated and any display of flag flying is likely to be a political statement rather than a sign of national pride (though they could be the same thing...)

I say all this as someone who whilst lives in Glasgow, was born in England, support England in international sport but considers themselves British.
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Somehow I don't regard St Patricks day as a great sales pitch for Irishness. It sells alcohol and bad stereotypes but it mostly is what it is because it's a local public holiday so there's more opportunity to give a damn about it.

We could have the same in England. Just make it a local public holiday and the eccentric saint and flags will be brought along as the superficial excuse to drink alcohol and eat too much.
 
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