St. Patrick’s Day may fall on a Monday, but that doesn’t mean people won’t be draped in green, wearing shirts with either a drinking reference or the “Kiss me, I’m Irish” saying. While St. Patrick’s Day is notoriously known as a “drinking holiday” around college campuses, across the nation, students can still have a good time celebrating the Irish holiday alcohol-free.
Keep it traditional with a delicious Irish dinner
St. Patrick’s Day isn’t the same without a proper meal. Find the right recipe to satisfy your hunger with juicy corned beef and cabbage. For desert, try baking an Irish Cream Chocolate Cheesecake or make some homemade cupcakes with green food flavoring for a St. Patty’s Day theme.
Go Green
Instead of drinking green beer, go for green Kool-Aid. Buy a pack of Lemon-Lime flavored Kool-Aid and get creative and even add a slice of lemon and uce to your drink. It’s cheaper, easy to make, and you can drink as much as you want without having any major side effects.
Listen to traditional Irish music
Give your iTunes playlist a break and crank on some Irish tunes. Singer and songwriter Keith Harkin won The Irish Music Award for top solo performer in concert, while the Gothard Sisters won Best New Irish Artist in 2013. Listen to a few of these artists’ songs on YouTube and expand your music taste.
Get up and dance
You don’t need to have taken classes to practice Irish Step Dancing. All you need is the courage to get up and try. Dancing shoes or socks get up and have some fun learning a few of the basic Irish dance moves off YouTube. Challenge your girlfriends to see who can learn the dance moves the quickest.
After finishing up classes and celebrating the Irish culture, relax over a movie with a group of friends or get turn the television off and count the number of times you see the police patrolling around campus. Be prepared to get a good laugh at the students walking around with sunglasses on Tuesday.