Most would expect students to be excited for St. Patrick’s Day and choose to wear green. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

The tradition goes that leprechauns would pinch whomever they could see on that day, and wearing green would make you invisible to them. Pinching people who don’t wear green is a reminder of that fun tradition. Junior Jackson Fitzgibbon goes so far as to say, “I only like St. Patrick’s Day because I get to pinch people that fail to wear green.”

Many students shun the Irish celebration and don’t even count it as a real holiday. For them, it’s just an excuse to eat strangely colored food, as is the case of sophomore Samantha Bailey, who says that her family usually makes green pancakes for breakfast on St. Patty’s Day.

Some students skip the food dye and just eat real Irish food. Cassie Rehage, a fellow sophomore, likes to eat potatoes on St. Patrick’s Day. AP history teacher Mrs. Faris says that on St. Patrick’s Day, her mother used to make corn beef hash, a traditional Irish meal.

For the most part, though, many people just don’t seem that into the holiday spirit. Even freshman Jessie Jordan, who is of Irish decent, says, “My family doesn’t usually remember to celebrate the holiday at all, but if we do remember, we just wear something green and that’s it.”

Though very few people seem enthusiastic about the day, there was a significant amount of green dotting the halls, adding a little hope to the day.