Everything You Know About St. Patrick's Day Is Wrong The Huffington Post | By Christine Dalton

St. Patrick's Day is almost upon us! Typically, we associate the holiday with drinking, drinking, and drinking. Oh, and being Irish.

But there's a lot more to St. Patrick's Day than most people know. Truthfully, you've probably been living a lie. When you learn all the facts, this holiday actually kind of... sucks.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but here are 10 brutally honest facts about St. Patrick's Day.

• 10
  St. Patrick wasn't Irish.
  

• Historians believe he was born in what is now England, Scotland or Wales.
• 9
  St. Patrick's color is blue.
  

• WE'VE BEEN LIVING A LIE. You might want to hold off on the green face paint this year.
• 8
  St. Patrick's Day as we know it was invented in America.
   

• Really?! Catholic University's Irish American expert, Timothy Meagher, explains that St. Patrick's Day celebrations began in the 18th century in American cities with large Irish immigrant populations."It becomes a way to honor the saint but also to confirm ethnic identity and to create bonds of solidarity," Meagher explained. Really.
• 7
  March 17th is the day St. Patrick died.
   

• So you're celebrating his death, you a**hole.
• 6
  St. Patrick didn't drive all the snakes from Ireland.
   

• Probably because there's no evidence that snakes have EVER existed in Ireland. The climate is much too chilly for them.
• 5
  The shamrock isn't the symbol of Ireland.
   

• Sure, you can find shamrocks all over the Emerald Isle, but the real symbol is the harp.
• 4
  St. Patrick's Day used to be a dry holiday.
   

• Today's booze-bags look to the holiday as a great excuse to start drinking Guinness at 9 AM. Until 1970, however, all pubs in Ireland were closed in observance of the religious feast day.
• 3
  Corned beef and cabbage isn't a traditional Irish dish.
   

• It's just about as Irish as spaghetti and meatballs. You're better off sticking to Guinness.
• 2
  There are more Irish people living in the U.S. than Ireland.
   
  The population of Ireland is about 4.2. million. In contrast, there are around 34 MILLION people of Irish descent living in America.
• 1
  Your odds of finding a four-leaf clover are slim to none.
   
  1 in 10,000 to be exact.

Ouch.
But let's end on a happy note. At least these two guys are Irish.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!

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This new one-hour special traces the history of the holiday, from its origins in the early American colonies through the family feasts Americans enjoy today. The Real Story of Thanksgiving gives viewers a new understanding of how this much-loved holiday has changed over time.

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It's true—buckles didn't even become a thing until the 18th century (200 years after the first Thanksgiving). Which means that somewhere over the last two centuries, someone just started adding buckles into these early American scenes, and the rest of us just went with it.

Native Americans Didn't Wear Loin Cloths

Yes, really. And it makes sense. Have you ever stopped to realize how utterly cold it is in New England during November? That Thanksgiving feast with the Pilgrims would have been super uncomfortable if the Native Americans arrived in nothing but a little fabric draped around their waists. Instead, historians are pretty positive they were fully clothed.

Minnesota Produces the Most Turkeys 

Yep, the North Star state of Minnesota produces the largest number of turkeys every year, with some 450 farmers raising a staggering 46 million turkeys annually. Needless to say, they do pretty well for themselves come Thanksgiving time.

Millions of Turkeys Are Eaten Each Thanksgiving

According to the National Turkey Federation (because yes, there is such a thing), 46 million turkeys were eaten on Thanksgiving in 2012 alone. That's 736,000 pounds of turkey consumed—in just one day!

Thomas Jefferson cancels Thanksgiving -

You've probably heard that Ben Franklin thought turkeys should be the American bird. But did you know Thomas Jefferson cancelled the holiday altogether? George Washington had declared a day of thanks but only did it on a year-to-year basis. Jefferson refused to celebrate it during the holiday and it wasn't until 1863 that Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the day a federal holiday.
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