Doug and I stopped going to the bars to celebrate St. Patrick's Day long ago opting instead to take the Heinisch family to the Knights of Columbus party. The pandemic ended our participation in that activity last year as we chose to celebrate the holiday at home in 2020. We enjoyed it so much that we decided to do the same thing this year as well.
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We started with a dinner of corn beef and cabbage complete with green beer. We realized that it wasn't the dinner of choice by the citizens of the Emerald Isle, but one that most Irish Americans had adopted as the perfect meal to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. We all really enjoyed it. Since Cameron couldn't participate in the drinking of green beer, I had green candy and cupcakes for him to indulge in tonight. After dinner Doug and I then watched the movie, The Quiet Man, which has easily my favorite John Wayne film. The relationship between he and Maureen O'Hara's has always reminded Doug and I of our life together, plus its depiction of life in Ireland in the 1940s was the perfect backdrop for our St. Patrick's Day celebration. Cam opted out of the movie to shoot baskets which wasn't surprising with the beautiful weather we had today and March Madness right around the corner. Even though our night was quieter then in years past and our St. Patrick's Day traditions had definitely changed over the years, we still had a wonderful day.
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