a- Last year at this time, we were already locking down (see the links above) and while, depending on your vaccination status and your state, you may be able to celebrate a bit, it is probably still not a good idea to go out and drink green beer while wearing faux-Irish hats made of styrofoam. This is what I wrote about St. Patrick's Day last year. One of the earliest things I wrote for the site was a piece called The Camp Of St. Patrick, [March 17, 2001] pointing out how much like the "Camp Of The Saints" the Famine Irish exodus was for the receiving countries in North America.