St. Patrick’s Day Promotions
St. Patrick’s Day is the only day of the year when everyone can be Irish! This might just be an excuse to drink lots o’ green beer but it is also a good time to get your green-themed promotion to your target audience. From milkshakes to beer and t-shirts to light up shamrocks, everything can be turned into a St. Patrick’s Day promotion.
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Any promotional product can go green. Check out these St. Patrick’s Day facts and get your creative juices flowing for your company’s perfect promotion!
- The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place in New York City in 1762.
- Chicago first started dying the Chicago River green in 1962. One hundred pounds of green vegetable dye were used in ‘62 to keep the river green for seven days! Today, only forty pounds are used to minimize affects to the environment. This is enough dye to keep the river green for several hours.
- For the Irish, a shamrock symbolizes the rebirth of spring.
- “Erin Go Bragh” means Brave and Free
- The entire island of Ireland is roughly half the size of Montana.
- Thirty-four million Americans can trace parts of their ancestry to Ireland.
- From History.com
Thinking about ordering promotional products for St. Patrick’s Day? Production time varies for all the products on the Absorbent, Ink website, so be sure to check with Client Services so we can get you the right product when you need it.
