March Holiday Madness

March brings the green holidays. We start to awaken from our winter slumberings to thoughts of little men dancing around a pot of gold, and we celebrate this day by drinking green beer and pinching each other. If you celebrate Lent, you should have your last hurrah on Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras on the 8th. Then Ash Wednesday follows on the 9th. This month the math clubbers among us will celebrate Pi Day on the 14th. If you don't know why, you can also celebrate, because Pi Day is the official nerd litmus test for the world. On the 15th you can beware the Ides of March and mutter "Et tu, Brute?" to your best friend. St. Patrick's Day on the 17th is immediately followed by the Goddess of Fertility Day on the 18th and then the Vernal Equinox, the first day of Spring, on the 20th -- which is also International Earth Day. Start choreographing your midnight dance moves now. The Jewish Spring holiday season also starts on the 20th with Purim, the holiday that involves dressing up, getting drunk and eating cookies. The astrological year begins on the equinox when the moon moves into the first sign of the Zodiac, Aries, the Ram. The Greek god Ares is the Roman God Mars for whom the month of March is named. Between the 12th Century and 1752, March 25th was the day the year changed in England and Ireland. Lastly, in semi-accordance with the holidays of fertility and rebirth, March is Women's History Month. Celebrate the women in your life and your past and read an Alice Paul biography (or, at least read the wikipedia entry). Of course, it doesn't need to be a holiday to send a rattlebox card. Happy March!

St. Patrick's Day -- Gone Green