The Easter Bunny.
Santa Claus.
Leprechauns.
Please tell me y'all have heard of all three. I'm a little worried because this morning I learned something that completely blows my mind--not everybody knows about "the pinch thing."
How is that possible? It doesn't seem to be a regional thing, an age thing, or even a heritage thing. It's just that some people know to wear green on St. Patrick's Day, and some don't. Some know why it's done, and some don't.
People who are oblivious, you HAVE to wear green on St. Patrick's Day. It's true! If you don't, then the leprechauns can see you and they will pinch you. If the leprechauns don't do it, there's probably some dirty old man somewhere who will, and he will have a free pass on that one glorious day of the year. It's in the Weird Rules Associated with Random Holidays manual. Truly.
Proof. (Skip to the last paragraph.)
Consider this your PSA of the month.
Next you're going to tell me that y'all didn't know that a deranged bunny wearing a plaid polyester vest is supposed to hide eggs all over the place for Easter. (By the way, if you think about it, the whole Easter Bunny thing makes considerably less sense than getting pinched if you don't wear green on St. Patrick's Day.)
