Feeling Green? New Yorkers talk about what they love most about St. Patrick’s Day – VIDEO

One thing I would like very much to see on March 17th is for all those who go hot turkey for Thanksgiving Dayto go cold turkey for St. Patrick's Day, especially if they are present for the parade.

That PIc is not taken from teh NYC St. Patrick's Parade. That carry-on would of been eliminated before he steped on to 5th Ave. This will be my 1st year marching in the NYC Parade, can't wait.

J'aime beaucoup surtout les femmes irlandaises. La raison pour ca est que sans ma mere, il n'y a pas d'être pour moi d'etre un homme a ce moment-ci. Ma mère et mon père était ne en Irlande, tout les deux en Leitrim

It is rather difficult to determine what exactly one likes most about St. Patrick's Day, but most people who claim an Irish connection would love to see an end to the boozing and the rowdyism on 17 March, in addition to which I would greatly appreciate it if the media and all individuals would stop calling St. Patrich degrading, humiliating names.

Seanmor. - Very well said. I live in Chenango County and I experience the same thing. Never thought there were many of us Irish born lads up this way. :)

Having lived upstate in Delaware County for the past 17 years, I havent attended the event in NYC on 17 March in all those years. Last March my wife and I attended the St. Patrick's parade in the town of Delhi. There were a few thinks I truly likes about this great event: complete sobriety and lack of rowdyish; the dignified manner in which each contingent marched; and most of all the article on the front page the local weekly newspaper that referred to Ireland's saint as St. Patrick 8 times, - never once by any of the degrading, disparaging, offensive terms that appear in some comments beneath this article.

I often wonder who this St.Patty is.The saints name is Patrick.Patty is the female shortened version of Patricia. If we are going to celebrate his day, then at least get his name right.

cause its brilliant,loved world wide,a celebration of paddies,dont like the MINORITY drunken shenanagins that occasionally marr it.But there is always a minority at all big occasions like these,football matches,etc etc.

Went are they going to make St,P

Went are they going to make St,Patrick's Day a National Holiday here in America? I'm be in Belmar New Jersey on Sunday March 3th watching the St, Patty Day Parade with friends like I been the last 20 years. GO IRISH!

Is é an rud is maith liom mar gheall Lá Fhéile Pádraig ná beheith ag féachaint ar gach Contae d'Éirinn ag dul thart- na 32 daoibh. For many decades prior to around the mid-80s TYRONE was always the first of the THIRTY-TWO counties to march up %th Ave, and I watched the staunch men and women of that great county pass by, I was reminded that that many of the Dáil crowd regard Tyrone as a British county. My wife, a Methodist, marched beside me for 3 or 4 years in the 90s, and I would like to see all the Christian denominations of Ireland participate in that great parade.