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Happy St George’s Day everyone on 14:29 - Apr 23 by jeera
I suppose so but not the same thing as a religious festival.
Now St Patrick's Day, St Andrew's...those would be the more appropriate comparisons.
You can see why the Irish take theirs a bit more seriously. If the rules were no beer allowed on St Patricks Day it would be far less popular.
I think the veneration of the saints is a bit more of a Catholic than a Protestant thing so that may play into why traditionally it isn't such a big thing. St George's Day seems much more a patriotic and nationalistic rather than a religious thing now.