Quote Originally Posted by Woot22 View Post
Yikes, I am feeling the love in here. But seriously, I do wish my English brothers and sisters a very happy St. Georges Day.

Quick questions to help educate myself, how is St Georges Day celebrated? Is it only celebrated in England on this day? How did St George become the patron saint of England or is he the patron saint of all of Great Britain or is he not even the patron saint? Help out a clueless American cousin here.
To answer the "Great Britain" and a little bit of the patron saint question with a vexological [study of flags] lesson.

Take a close look at English Blokes avatar. It is a graphic of the contributing components of the flag of Great Britain. The flag in the top left is the Flag of St George, the patron saint of England. This is often seen on the kit of the English national soccer/ football team and their supporters. Next to that is the Saltare, the flag of St Andrew and Scotland and from which we get the "X" of this forums title. The third contributor to the UK national ensign is that of St Patrick, on the center right, patron of Ireland.
It will take a better historian than I to explain why there is no representation of St David, his rampant lion, or Wales in this ensign.

So, no St George is not the patron saint of all of Great Britain but only of England, the other nations of the United Kingdom each have their own patron saints [Andrew, Patrick, David]. As to how well respected/ honored/ celebrated the date is I will leave to others to comment and respond.

And now to the literal other side of the world for ANZAC day [25 Apr.]....