🍀 St. Patrick’s Day Deals for March 17, 2024 (plus Recipes, Crafts and fun facts!)

 

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face. – Irish Blessing

St. Patrick’s Day, Sunday, March 17, 2024

I’m excited to find some deals for this year! And since St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Sunday, a lot of these deals are valid ALL WEEKEND!

Insomnia Cookies

If you wear green to Insomnia March 15 -17 and make an in-store purchase, you’ll get a free classic cookie.

Krispy Kreme

Wear green to Krispy Kreme March 15 – 17 and you can get a free green O’riginal Glazed.

Sonic

Half-priced corn dogs on March 17th.  Plus, drinks and slushes are half-price from 2-4 every day!

 

 

St. Patrick’s Day things to make:

This little Pot of Gold filled with chocolate is the perfect gift treat!

Got little ones?  This Paper Plate Rainbow Craft is great for them!

For GREEN eats – you can make Spinach Muffins for breakfast (they’re green!) and Shamrock Chips for a snack.   Irish Soda Bread is always on our table for dinner!  And this Easy Key Lime Pie makes a great green dessert!

You can also make these super cute, super easy Shamrock Cinnamon Rolls!

Need a green drink?  Here’s a Healthy Green Smoothie! 

Fun Facts about St. Patrick’s Day:

• St. Patrick’s real name was Maewyn Succat. (May-win Su-cat)
• St. Patrick’s Day is observed on March 17, the date of St. Patrick’s death in 461AD.
• The total spent on St. Patrick’s Day by Americans celebrating will be about $4.6 billion dollars.
• There are NO female Leprechauns… so where do they come from?
• A pot of gold with 1,000 gold one ounce coins would be worth about $1.26 million dollars.
• The first American St. Patrick’s Day party took place in Boston, Massachusetts.
• It is St. Patrick’s Day or St. Paddy’s day – NEVER St. Patty’s day.

And why do you get pinched if you aren’t wearing green?  That’s another American invention during the first celebration in Boston. They thought if you wore green, it made you invisible to the naughty Leprechauns who apparently run around pinching everyone they see that isn’t wearing green!

And my favorite Irish proverb: You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.   Which means, don’t just think about it – do it!