{"id":3464,"date":"2023-03-05T15:46:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T15:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=3464"},"modified":"2023-03-05T15:46:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T15:46:08","slug":"cinco-de-marcho-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=3464","title":{"rendered":"Cinco de Marcho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today is Cinco de Marcho \u2014 not Cinco de Mayo \u2014 that\u2019s on the 5th of May. This holiday has been around since 2007 and is celebrated annually on March 5th.
This \u201cmade-up\u201d holiday was invented by a man that goes by the name of Carlos Fantastico. But his true identity is a mystery.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cinco de Mayo simply means \u201cthe fifth of May\u201d in Spanish. It marks the anniversary of May 5, 1862, when the Mexican army won the Battle of Puebla. It\u2019s recognized in Mexico, but mostly celebrated in the United States. And that’s true of Cinco de Marcho \u2014 it’s a mostly U.S. “holiday.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The idea behind Cinco de Marcho is that on the fifth of March, Carlos Fantastico was in a Mexican restaurant and realized that St. Patrick\u2019s Day was right around the corner. So why not have a holiday that would celebrate both cultures? A holiday with a Mexican name, celebrating the drinking associated with St. Patrick\u2019s Day \u2014 a way to simultaneously celebrate both cultures \u2014 what a great idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Marcho isn\u2019t about excessive drinking. Carlos Fantastico views the day as training for light drinkers. Those with low alcohol tolerance can start building their alcohol tolerance starting on Cinco de Marcho to prepare their liver for the upcoming St. Patrick celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you\u2019re out and about today, remember that Cinco de Marcho is a combination of the traditions of both St. Patrick\u2019s Day and Cinco de Mayo. You may see sombreros, margaritas, four leaf clovers and glasses of Guinness all mixed together \u2014 just remember it\u2019s March 5th, and you\u2019ll remember why.
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Today is Cinco de Marcho \u2014 not Cinco de Mayo \u2014 that\u2019s on the 5th of May. This holiday has been around since 2007 and is celebrated annually on March 5th.This \u201cmade-up\u201d holiday was invented by a man that goes … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3466,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464\/revisions\/3466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}