Green clothes, green decoration, green beer, green cakes...It's all green on St. Patrick's Day. There are many 【小题1】 (version) of the stories about the Irish, St. Patrick's Day and the color green, from decades of politics fight【小题2】 myths of leprechauns (小矮妖).

One of the explanations for the sea of green you see every St. Patrick's Day is around Saint Patrick 【小题3】 (he). St. Patrick used a green shamrock(三叶草)【小题4】 (explain)the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish and “the wearing of the green” meant wearing a shamrock to display your faith.

In fact green has become so 【小题5】 (strong) attached not just to this holiday but to Ireland. Many believe that it is the “official” color of the country. 【小题6】 color has quite a documented political history as well. It 【小题7】 (use) as nationalistic representation for the Irish in quite a few fights for 【小题8】 (independent), and now still remains as one of three colors in the Irish flag.

Of course, we can't talk about St. Patrick's Day without 【小题9】 (mention)leprechauns. Legend has it that they hurt anyone 【小题10】 was visible to them. It was said that wearing green would make you invisible to the little smart creatures-if you didn't wear green, a leprechaun would jump out and hurt you.

It is obvious that the various festivals are times of 【小题1】 (happy), fun and excitement, not of sadness. They have many origins.  

Some are 【小题2】 (religion) and some are seasonal. Easter is an important festival for Christians all over the world. People are thankful because their food 【小题3】 (gather) for the winter and the agricultural work is over. Some festivals are held 【小题4】 (honor) or satisfy and please the dead. In Japan a festival is called Obon. They have lamps on and play music 【小题5】 they think this will help the dead back to Earth. The Dragon Boat Festival honors the famous ancient 【小题6】 (poem), Qu Yuan. Columbus Day is in memory 【小题7】 the arrival of Columbus in the New World. India honors Mohandas Gandhi who helped gain India’s independence from Britain. And 【小题8】 most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the 【小题9】 (come) of spring, such as the Lunar New Year, on which people get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other.  

No matter what the reason is, festivals are always times for great feasts with lots to eat, special and often new clothing to wear and 【小题10】 (general) lots of fun.

National Good Neighbor Day was first celebrated in 【小题1】 early 1970s by Becky Mattson, who wanted to connect with her neighbors in Montana. It 【小题2】 (official) became a holiday in 1978, when President Jimmy Carter signed an act to set up the holiday. A resolution was passed by the Senate, as there was a need to bring them together for them to communicate with each other. Thus today, a fixed date 【小题3】 (set) for Good Neighbor Day.