Absolutely. Forwarned is fordressed. Kids love St. Patrick's Day. When I grew up it was the one day of the year we were not encouraged to be miserable about something. The one day of the year to just have fun and not worry about purgatory and suffering souls and Lent etc. In fact, whatever you give up for Lent you can do on St. Patrick's Day and even if it falls on a Friday you can eat meat. If your archbishop has not given you permission for this, he should have so I would seriously consider doing it anyway but that is up to you of course. If you don't have an archbishop, don't worry about this in the first place. So just have fun today whatever your persuasion. Don't let people make fun of you for celebrating..there are spoilsports everywhere and they are not in charge. mg