Internet users are busy sending electronic Irish greetings to cube-mates. While Blue Mountain will send a free "Happy Shamrock Day" message, many other e-card sites require paid registration. Egreetings.com offers animated antics, including the classic "Irish Montage," the ever-popular "St. Patrick's Day Chin Song" and the witty "Top Leprechaun Complaints."
If you would rather send a more personal offering, you can send your sweetie a St. Paddy's Day treat. FTD offers a St. Pat's Cookie Tin and a St. Pat's Gigantic Fortune Cookie. But if your honey is cutting back on carbs, send a fat-free Todd Oldham St. Patrick's Day Bouquet or a 15 Stem Mixed Tulip Bouquet.
For the fashionable, Zales offers an engravable Sterling Silver Saint Patrick Pendant while Patagonia Gifts has designed Celtic Love Knot cufflinks for your stylish Irishman.
Red Envelope, a popular personalized gift company, has gifts for the entire family. They offer matching green "Ireland" track jackets and hoodies for Mom and toddler. Treat Dad to their green plaid leather flask. Grandma and Grandpa might like the Irish cable knit throw and four-leaf clover key chain.
Celebrating St. Pat's Day extends beyond gift-giving. Irish-lovers all over are attending March 17th day events. Parades, festivals and parties unite towns. Chicago is holding its 52nd Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade at noon. Arrive early and watch as the Chicago River turns green. The parade committee raises funds through the sale of commemorative souvenir books. Printed yearly, this coffee table collector's item contains stories and pictures of Chicago's annual tradition.
If you're planning on heading East instead, Boston is also a popular destination. While many public events offer free admission, others require purchase. For a price you can attend Irish concerts at the Orpheum, Boston Symphony Hall or the Roxy. Foodies may enjoy the Gaelic Gourmet Gala at the Hotel Commonwealth, which features top Irish and Bostonian chefs. The athletic can register for the 66th Annual St. Patrick's Day Road Race & Walk benefiting the South Boston Boys & Girls Club.
Passport holders may choose to go for the real deal. Thousands of tourists flock to Ireland during the month of March. From March 15-18, 4,000 performers and one million spectators will celebrate in Dublin. Cities of Galway, Limerick, Waterford and Cork also hold large festivals. Travelers can book a flight on Aer Lingus and fly from a variety of hubs. Vacation deals are available from sites like: Travelocity, O'Connors, Go Ahead Tours and Brennan Vacations.
On March 17th, Americans will be raising pints of Guinness and also opening their wallets. Specialty gift shops, e-card retailers and popular tourist cities will reap revenue as we send flowers, watch Irish dancers, eat corned beef and cabbage, and send online greetings. Did anyone find that pot of gold yet?
These days everyone is concerned with their carbon footprints, and everyone is very socially aware..none more so than an Irish company called Rooted in Ireland, who really are doing their bit to help Mother Earth. Based in Ireland, hence the name, this company are doing all that they can to bring a socially conscious business to the world stage. It is here in the lush green rolling hills of Ireland that this story begins.
When you talk about Ireland, you would never think it is the least forested land in Europe, but sadly this is true. Over the centuries, Ireland's forests have been wiped out for various reasons, and by various groups of people. There is hope however; a company called Rooted in Ireland have decided to take the bull by the horns, and start an oak planting project. They plant oak trees which can then be dedicated to someone's memory, or given as a gift to mark a special occasion. If there is any sort of Karma associated with business, Rooted in Ireland should be all good!
Rooted in Ireland have also launched a sister site, Great Gifts From Ireland. This site has gifts for sale, and souvenirs. The idea is that both sites should complement each other, and any revenue made from the Gifts site, will help finance the planting of more trees. The ultimate aim is to have ten thousand trees planted by the time the project ends, and then to look for another site, and start the process all over again.
At the online store you can find all sort of wonderful gifts, souvenirs, and products with an Irish theme. There are collectable wooden spoons, lighters, Guinness "Drinking Socks" and shot glasses with either the claddagh or a traditional Irish blessing. Authentic Irish gifts for St. Patrick's Day abound at Great Gifts from Ireland. Stone key rings carved with the shamrock (the same symbol St. Patrick used to teach the concept of the Trinity), brass St. Brighid's crosses and handcrafted Celtic crosses made from the very turf of the brilliant Emerald Isle are among the unique Irish gifts that make a visit to Great Gifts from Ireland a wonderful online treat.
But of course the most green and worthwhile gift that you can give from Rooted in Ireland is of course one of their oak trees. What other gift can you give someone safe in the knowledge that the gift will still be around in a couple hunded years or so? For only $99 you too can dedicated an oak tree, and join the ranks of delighted people who have dedicated a tree with Rooted in Ireland. And there is another benefit; 10% of the price of each tree dedication goes directly to Marie Curie Cancer Research!.
So there you are now; if you are thinking of a gift or memorial tree you now know where to look!
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