It every kid's favorite day of the year...

The Feast of St. William of Bourges!

Yes, I know that I can be a little biased, but hey its not like every day is your patron saints feast.

It is actually a good reminder of the Catholic custom of observing the feast your name-sake saint.

Does anyone remember doing this?

I have heard it is still the costum amoung Hispanics. I have not witnessed it in Italy. Maybe part of it is that people in general seem to be abandoning the use of saints names for their children. This is a sad thing... it weakens both the understanding of the Communion of the Saints, but also sells the kid a little short - I mean we talk about finding good role models for our young ones, why not pick out a few saints for them to model their life on?