St. Patrick’s Day is traditionally celebrated to honor the Irish St. Patrick. He was a patron saint who wanted to
spread the word of Christianity throughout the land. There are many myths and embellishments about St.
Patrick and most of them are not true. One story says that it was St. Patrick who drove a mass of snakes out of
Ireland. Today, many countries celebrate this day, whether Irish or not. It is tradition to wear green on this day
to honor St. Patrick and to bring luck to the wearer.
Valentine’s Day is a day for showing our love and friendship to our friends and family. It became a mainstream
holiday in the mid 1800s when people began exchanging cards, gifts and candy to loved ones. Today, it is
common for people to celebrate this day by handing out cards, candy and spending time together.
New Year’s has been celebrated around the world for many years. It got its start during the Roman times when
it was actually celebrated in March, at the beginning of the spring season. In the 1500s, it was common to
celebrate the New Year on Christmas when the birth of Christ is traditionally celebrated. January 1st became
common in the 1700s. Now, people all over celebrate January 1 as New Year’s Day. This day marks a day of
remembrance for the previous year and a look at what is to come in the New Year.
A very long time ago, the people of Israel committed many sins even though they knew they were doing wrong.
God punished the people for seven years. He sent the Midianites to ravish their crops so there was no food to
eat. The people asked God why they were being punished and God sent a prophet to tell them they had sinned
against Him. One day, Gideon was working in his hidden field and an angel appeared to him. The angel told
Gideon that he had been chosen to save Israel. The very next day, Gideon took his servants to a hilltop where an
altar to worship false idols had been built. Gideon threw those alters away and built an altar to worship God in
its place. The day after, the people of the city saw what Gideon had done and were angry, and they wanted to
kill Gideon. However, the Lord came to Gideon and helped him create an army. Gideon asked God to send a
sign to make sure he was the chosen one to complete the task. He put fleece on the ground and asked God to put
dew on the fleece, but not on the ground. God did that and Gideon knew he was chosen. God then asked Gideon
to send away those in his army who were afraid. Almost all of the army left leaving him with only 300 men. He
went to the Midianites camp and overheard a man telling of a strange dream about a man that brought barley
cake. The next day, Gideon took his men, gave them pitchers, lamps and trumpets and led them to the enemy
camp. They blew the trumpet and broke the trumpet. The enemies feared the dream was coming true and
Gideon won the battle.
Samson is a popular Bible because of his strength. It is said that Samson did not cut his hair, and it was the secret of his strength. He once tore a lion apart using his bare hands and killed thousands of men. It is also said that Samson reached inside the body of the lion several days later and pulled out a honeycomb. He meet a woman named Delilah, but he did not know that she was really a spy for the Philistines, who wanted to kill Samson. She enticed Samson to tell her the secrets of his strengths, but he would not. She cut off his hair and he was soon imprisoned because his strength was gone. In prison, his hair grew back and so did his strength. He pulled the pillars that supported to prison and the building collapsed killing himself and many Philistines.
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