Today in England and various other countries around the world, it is Saint George's Day.
Who is Saint George? I hear you ask?
Well, if the stories are to be believed, he killed a dragon, and as we all know, there's only one way to kill a dragon.
By devouring it's soul.
Yes, George was a Dovahkiin, if that isn't worthy of a sainthood, I don't know what is. He was probably the leader of all the local guilds too.
It is the English equivalent of St. Patrick's Day.
'Why haven't I heard about this?', you may ask. The Irish have their day, as do the Scottish and the Welsh. The Australians have Australia Day, the Americans have the 4th of July, so it only makes sense that the English would have a day to celebrate being English, yes?
Well, not quite.
Depending on where you live, many people will tell you (see: right wing) that we don't celebrate the holiday because it makes the immigrants nervous, political correctness gone mad!
Well, it makes someone nervous, but it isn't the immigrant population.
It makes us nervous.
There's something you have to understand about the English, something that dates back hundreds of years. We've never felt like a minority, we've never felt the need to shout 'Oi, we're English, now shut up you slaaaaaaaag!'
No. We just shot people and nicked their countries instead.
And that's why we're nervous, we dislike nationalism, just look at the EDL and the BNP. Everyone hates them.
We're understated, we don't like to make a fuss, and we certainly don't like feeling like we're 'rubbing it in people's faces'. we don't like flag waving for flag waving's sake.
A lot of communities will celebrate it in their own way, whether it be Morris Dancing, or baking a cake, or a myriad of other small, personal things. You won't see a sea of Saint George's flags waving in London, and you won't hear any cries of 'England, FUCK YEAH!'
No, you'll hear people whining about the immigrants making us feel like 2nd class citizens in our own country.
But ignore those guys, they're plebs :D