We need an official St. Patricks Day Event

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Originally Posted by Lihtleita

lmao so is paddys day

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Originally Posted by Seraph522

The main difference is that the association of St. Patrick's Day with Ireland is still pretty strong, as it's traditionally been celebrated in the US by Irish immigrants as a way to celebrate their heritage. Halloween, in contrast, has roots in Celtic harvest festivals and tales blended with the Christian holiday of All Saint's Day and associated folk beliefs, and isn't usually held to celebrate Celtic culture.

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Yea this a major difference between St. Patrick's Day and Halloween. Everyone knows St. Patrick's Day is irish but most people outside of Ireland have no idea Halloween is. The other major difference being that the reasons for celebrating St. Patrick's Day are still very true to its roots, but this is certainly not the case for Halloween.

That being said what is interesting about how FFXIV does Halloween is that voidsent are directly involved in the festivities. Many of the voidsent in the game have names of figures from irish celtic legends. So in a way how FFXIV celebrates Halloween is closer to its roots than how people normally celebrate it themselves. I don't know if the in-game connection between voidsent, celtic legends and Halloween was intentional by SE, but I find it cool anyway.