Talk:Leprechaun Treasury/@comment-4102115-20120315232142/@comment-4102115-20120317175759

No, they are not just omitting St. from St. Valentine's name when they say "Valentine's (sic) Day". If they are referring to St. Valentine, then the St. is included. When St. is not included they are using "valentine" in place of "sweetheart" and therefore what they are saying they are celebrating on "St. Valentine's Day" is "Sweethearts Day" or "Valentines Day" (and the only reason the V is a capital here is becaue it is being used as a noun to name the Day, not a person).

So - "Valentine's Day" is non-sensical - to suggest the day belongs to a single sweetheart. It is either "Valentines Day" or "St. Valentine's Day". Hence why you never see "Patrick's Day" because you do not ever drop the "St." from a Saint's name, and "Patrick" has not become to have another meaning.

And by the number of loud drunkards wondering across the roads heading home late tonight, I indicated the opinion that what people have come to celebrate on St. Patrick's Day is Guiness.