Photo By: KPA
My local Irish pub, Failte's, is getting ready for St. Patrick's Day. I know this holiday has been trivialized, and it has generally become a drinking day. But there is something important in remembering these days. As Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving lose their significance with the commercialization and "fun" that has become the way we participate in these sacred holidays, it also adds to the human element of festivities. I think we can have both, the serious and the festive. The important thing is to remember what these holidays are about, then we can drink the beers, or open the gifts, as we put up the glitter and lights.
I watched the busy staff put up these glittery green decorations. "This looks ugly," said one woman, at the dangling Irish elves. "It's nice," I said. I think she was trying to put some gravitas into the situation. But, you can hardly do that in a pub, and may as well make it look festive as people drink their Harp beer, or eat their Danny Boy's Shepard Pie.
Here are some photos I took of the place. It was "designed in Dublin by O’Brien’s Irish pubs, Failte comprises 6,000+ sq ft and includes authentic handcrafted furniture and antique pieces of genuine Irish bric-a-brac," according to its website. It is a lovely place.
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