Many people associate March with the color green, soda bread, Irish potatoes, and shamrocks as part of the festivities and customs in observance of St. Patrick’s Day on March 17. Parades are held throughout the country, and Chicago dyes its green river. However, another holiday of equal importance, one that many need to familiarize themselves with, occurs two days later, on March 19. La Festa di San Giuseppe, or St. Joseph’s Day, celebrates the life of the husband of the Virgin Mary and the man who raised Jesus Christ and is a popular day in the Italian American community.