March 17 , 2009 is St. Patrick's Day!
Celebrate this glorious holiday of St. Patrick's in grand style! We offer great St. Patrick's Day party planning supplies specially packaged for hospitality event planners, hotel planners, and Irish pubs!

St. Patrick's Day 2009 Party Ideas
Are you planning your 2009 St. Patrick's Day party? You've come to the right place. We have a terrific selection of low cost St. Patrick's Day party supplies at 25% off retail prices! You'll enjoy great St. Paddy's Day celebration ideas along with super savings as well!

St. Patrick's Day Party Supplies & Kits
We have the largest selection of St. Patrick's Day decorations and party kits available. Choose from hundreds of party assortments that are full of fun!

St. Patrick's Day Party Hats & Favor Kits for Bars & Hotels
You'll love this year's great designs in playful gleaming top hats, derbies, noisemakers, clover glasses, and tiaras, banners, and serpentine throws. Your guests will have a fabulous time at your St. Patrick's Day celebration.

St. Patrick's Day Streamers & Banners
Beautiful metallic, prismatic or glittered "Happy St. Patrick's Day streamers and banners will greet your party guests in with style and pizzazz! Shimmering gleaming curtains with lucky Leprechauns, pots of gold, and beautiful rainbows, will set the party tone! We also feature a velvet-gold lame St. Patrick's holiday panel that's just perfect for your celebration!

St. Patrick's Day Leprechauns - Door Covers & Decorations
What would St. Patrick's Day parties be without the playful, mischievous and oh so lucky leprechaun? We have a beautiful assortment of door covers, and character curtains to decorate your party.

St. Patrick's Day Beads
What's St. Patrick's Day without fun green beads! Everyone loves these great souvenirs. We feature a giant assortment of fun and festive Irish St. Pat's beads! We have "Kiss Me, I'm Irish" beads, guaranteed to help you meet new friends! Shamrock beads with pots-o-gold, Happy St. Patrick's Day beads, shamrock beads, and shamrock beads with a Happy St. Patrick's Day mug.

St. Patrick's Day Decorating Kits
Plan your party quickly and easily with our shimmering St. Patrick's decorating kits. Everything you need is all in one package. It's a great way to coordinate your party with the lucky Irish theme. Your kit will include everything from Green irish tissue fans, green and white tissue balls, glittered foil shamrocks, foil shamrocks, leprechauns, leprachaun cutouts, special flame resistant St. Patrick's Day banner and St. Patty's garlands.

St. Patrick's Day Party Decorations
Want to go all out decorating for your Mardi Gras party? We have lots of shimmering shamrock fan bursts, St. Patrick's day danglers, shamrock stringers, leprechaun silhouettes, and shamrock cutouts. We have fans, metallic shamrock garlands, streamers, shamrock border trim, and door decorations for your St. Patrick's Day celebration. We especially like the St. Patrick's Day wind spinners with leprechaun hats, and shamrock twirlers. These whirling effects are quite festive!

St. Patrick's Day Table Centerpieces
Decorate your festive St. Patrick's Day party tables with 24" shamrock cascade centerpieces, lucky and beautiful shamrock gleam 'n burst centerpieces, pots-o-gold centerpieces, and rainbow shamrock centerpieces.


All about St. Patrick's Day
Irish-American immigrants brought Saint Patrick's Day to the United States. The first civic and public celebration of Saint Patrick's Day in the 13 colonies took place in Boston, Massachusetts in 1737. The first celebration of Saint Patrick's Day in New York City was held at the Crown and Thistle Tavern in 1756. In 1780, General George Washington, who commanded soldiers of Irish descent in the Continental Army, allowed his troops a holiday on March 17. This event became known as The St. Patrick's Day Encampment of 1780.

Today, Saint Patrick's Day is widely celebrated in the United States by Irish and non-Irish alike. Many people, regardless of ethnic background, wear green-colored clothing and items. Traditionally, those who are caught not wearing green are pinched.

Many parades are held to celebrate the holiday. Details vary. However, one of the best places to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day in the western United States is Butte, Montana. In New Orleans, Louisiana, the parades include the influence of New Orleans Mardi Gras, with float riders throwing spectators strings of beads, cabbages, and potatoes. Perhaps the smallest notable parade World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade, is said to take place in Hot Springs, Arkansas in the United States annually held on historic Bridge Street which became famous in the 1940s when Ripley’s Believe It or Not designated it “The Shortest Street in the World.” Boulder, Colorado claims to have the shortest parade, which is also less than a single city block.

Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated worldwide by Irish people and increasingly by many of non-Irish descent. Celebrations are generally themed around all things green and Irish; both Christians and non-Christians celebrate the secular version of the holiday by wearing green, eating Irish food and imbibing Irish drink, and attending parades. The St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, Ireland is part of a five day festival, with over 500,000 people attending the 2006 parade. The largest St. Patrick's Day parade is held in New York City and it is watched by 2 million spectators. The St. Patrick's day parade was first held in New York City on 17 March 1766 when Irish soldiers marched through the city. Parades also take place in other Irish towns and villages. Other large parades include those in Cleveland, Belfast, Manchester, Birmingham, London, Coatbridge, Montreal, Boston, Chicago, Kansas City, Savannah, Pittsburgh, Denver, Sacramento, Scranton and Toronto. Large parades also take place in other places throughout Europe and the Americas, as well as Australia and Asia.

Locations for St. Patrick's Day Events
The New York parade has become the largest Saint Patrick's Day parade in the world, outside Ireland. In 2006 more than 150,000 marchers participated in it, including bands, firefighters, military and police groups, county associations, emigrant societies, and social and cultural clubs and was watched by close to 2 million spectators lining the streets. The parade marches up 5th Avenue in Manhattan and is always led by the U.S. 69th Infantry Regiment. New York politicians - or those running for office - are always found prominently marching in the parade. Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch once proclaimed himself "Ed O'Koch" for the day, and he continues to don an Irish sweater and march every year, even though he is no longer in office.

Need local Sarasota St. Patrick's Day Party Supplies?
Whether you want to shop for St. Patrick's Day Party supplies online or locally we can help! If it is convenient, you are always welcome to please stop by our five stores in Sarasota, Venice, and Port Charlotte, Florida. There you will also find a large selection of Mardi Gras items. >> Click for a store location nearest you.