St. Patrick's Day gifts...
March 17th

Send a Candy you ate as a kid®  assortment with your personalized St. Patrick's Day greetings...

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Each 4 pound Candy you ate as a kid® assortment box measures 12 x 9 x 3 inches and is jammed with over 70 of your old time favorites... 60 different candies with some duplicates. Click below for a "pop-up" list of a typical assortment...

50s candy / 60s candy / 70s candy / 80s candy / all decades

Complete this very unique gift with your personalized holiday greetings printed on the candy box top...  only $34.99 per box. Write your box top message in the "Comments" box during checkout.

Shipping... Orders placed by midnight usually (but not always) ship on the next business day. $8.95 per order for UPS ground shipping... free for orders of $200.00 or more (continental US only). more info

If you want your gift to arrive shortly before St. Patricks Day, let us know in the comments box during checkout.

To order, click the "CK" box and enter the quantity...

Other St. Patrick's Day gifts... Candy you ate as a kid® is available in 2 and 4 pound decade assortments from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s or all decades with standard box tops for only $17.99 and $27.99. Click here for St. Patricks Day gifts.

Maybe your gift recipient has a favorite candy... we have over 250 candies  from which to choose. Or, create a St. Patricks Day gift assortment of favorites on our Pack-a-Bag page.

St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity's most widely known figures. But for all his celebrity, his life remains somewhat of a mystery. It is known that St. Patrick was born in Britain to wealthy parents near the end of the fourth century. He is believed to have died on March 17, around 460 A.D.

At the age of sixteen, Patrick was taken prisoner by a group of Irish raiders who were attacking his family's estate. They transported him to Ireland where he spent six years in captivity. During this time, he worked as a shepherd, outdoors and away from people. Lonely and afraid, he turned to his religion for solace, becoming a devout Christian.

After more than six years as a prisoner, Patrick escaped. According to his writing, a voice - which he believed to be God's - spoke to him in a dream, telling him it was time to leave Ireland. To do so, Patrick walked nearly 200 miles from County Mayo, where it is believed he was held, to the Irish coast.

After escaping to Britain, Patrick reported that he experienced a second revelation - an angel in a dream tells him to return to Ireland as a missionary. Soon after, Patrick began religious training, a course of study that lasted more than fifteen years. After his ordination as a priest, he was sent to Ireland with a dual mission - to minister to Christians already living in Ireland and to begin to convert the Irish.