Does anyone here come from a culture that celebrates Name Days or Feast Days?
I thought of asking this because today is my name day - Saint Barbara (or Santa Barbara as she is known in Puerto Rico).
My Italian family always celebrated name days. My mom sends cards to family members on saints' feast days - St. Joseph, St. Anthony, etc.
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We celebrate St. Joseph's for my italian grandfather, but weve never done it for anyone else.
Happy name day, Barb.
The catholic calendar must have a hundred of them. Somewhere there must be a Feast of St. Bub.
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Happy St. Barbara day, Barb!
All I know is I got married on St. Joseph's day, and my best man was named Joseph.
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When I was in grade school, our principal ( a nun) used to send us birthday cards every year until after a student had recieved confirmation, then they would recieve a card on the day of the feast of their confirmation saint.
You may already know this, but there is an Italian pastry traditionally made on St. Joseph's Day called Sfinge di San Giuseppe. It's similar to a creampuff.Originally Posted by PinstripePride
We celebrate St. Joseph's for my italian grandfather, but weve never done it for anyone else.
Happy name day, Barb.
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My wife's family always celebrated St. Joseph's Day. Now it's part of my tradition to make a trek down to the bakery to pick up some zeppole on St. Joseph's Day.
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They are an integral part of the celebration. We bring 'em to my grandfather every year on his day.
My family buys them every St. Joseph's Day also. Besides eating them, I enjoy going to the bakery and pronouncing "Sfinge"They are an integral part of the celebration. We bring 'em to my grandfather every year on his day.
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Awesome.My family buys them every St. Joseph's Day also. Besides eating them, I enjoy going to the bakery and pronouncing "Sfinge"
Greeks are big on Name Days. You are really supposed to celebrate Name Days instead of birthdays. We celebrate both.
Happy Name Day Barb!
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The Greek Orthodox church makes a big deal out of name days. Growing up they were better than birthdays.
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My aunt still makes a big deal out of it - it's fun.
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We usually check out the Catholic calendar, see what Saint or occassion it is and try to use it to name either a newborn baby, something you bought etc.
Like my nephew and niece, they were born when April 27 and May 31. According to the calendar, there's a certain St. Peter and St. Camilla, you know what their names are now.
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Very interesting responses.
Thank you to everyone for their Happy Name Day wishes for me.
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I live in a Greek neighborhood and have Greek friends. They told me the same thing.
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Do they cook yummy Greek food for you sometimes?!
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The Swedes and Polish celebrate name days, too. One of my favorite books as a child was called "The Golden Name Day," about, you guessed it, Name days.
I'm Italian...and my birthday is St. Anthony's day...which happens to be the name day for my grandfather! Pretty cool huh?
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No, I eat in the local Greek restaurants and I love the food.Do they cook yummy Greek food for you sometimes?!
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i celebrate St. Patrick's Day. I'm not named Patrick, but I am mostly irish and a borderline alcoholic
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I come from an Italian family but my parents did not name us after Saints. It was more like movie stars and songs. But at confirmation you were supposed to pick a saints name as your confirmation name. I would assume then you could celebrate that day but we never did.
Happy name day to you though! I envy you having an extra day to celebrate.
Happy Belated St. Bab's Day
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So close......Happy Belated St. Bab's Day
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Hmmm?So close......
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I've never celebrated "name day" (must be a Catholic thing), but I'm sure there's a Saint James Day. The website wouldn't come up so I don't know when it is.
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There are 5 saints with the name James. How lucky you are to have 5 name days!
http://www.americancatholic.org/Feat...s/byname.asp#J
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I worked with serveral Russians and Polish people whom celebrate name day as appose to Birthdays.
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