--- title: St. Patrick's Day 2015: Parades Green Beer and Weird Celebrations description: Like a Kickstarter that would mail Irish soil and a parade of Irish Elvis impersonators in Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas canonical: https://time.com/3746426/saint-patricks-day-unusual-surprising-celebrations-parades-green-beer/ author: Olivia B. 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[#stpatricksday](https://twitter.com/hashtag/stpatricksday?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) [#dublin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/dublin?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/kf5dfox0En](http://t.co/kf5dfox0En) — Janet Newenham (@janetnewenham) [March 15, 2015](https://twitter.com/janetnewenham/status/577110169919860736?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) • Green beer can be made at home using a half teaspoon of antioxidant-rich [matcha powder](http://time.com/3741222/green-beers-food-dye/) dissolved in warm water and filling up the rest of the glass with beer. • This Irish Setter was dressed like Michael Jackson at the Saint Patrick’s Day parade in Tokyo on Sunday.  An Irish setter wearing a Michael Jackson costume takes part in a St. Patrick's Day parade in Tokyo on March 15, 2015. 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