Top 10 Biggest Beer Buying Holidays
Check out which holidays moved the most beer, based on 2009 data that looked at a two-week period surrounding the holiday or event.10. St. Patrick's Day
Sales: 48.7 million cases
(Photo: Alex Hayden|UpperCut Images|Getty Images)"St. Patrick's Day is a yearly holiday celebrated on 17 March, also called St. Paddy's Day, Patrick's Day and Paddy's Day. It is named after Saint Patrick."
9. Easter
Sales: 50.7 million cases
(Photo: Alan Richardson|StockFood Creative|Getty Images)"Easter is a major religious festival of Christians that is celebrated in a grand manner with a big party time celebration. Every nation has its own way of celebrating a particular festivity."
8. Halloween
Sales: 50.9 million cases
(Photo: Siegfried Layda|Getty Images)"Halloween is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints, but is today largely a secular celebration."
7. Christmas
Sales: 52.8 million cases
(Photo: Jose Luis Pelaez | Getty Images)"Christmas or Christmas Day is a holiday held on December 25 to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity."
6. Thanksgiving
Sales: 52.9 million cases
(Photo: iStock)"Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Traditionally, Thanksgiving is associated with giving thanks to God for the harvest and expressing gratitude."
5. Cinco de Mayo
Sales: 54 million cases
(Photo: iStock)"Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a voluntarily observed holiday that commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin. It is celebrated primarily in the state of Puebla and in the United States."
4. Father's Day
Sales: 57.7 million cases
(Photo: Hoby Finn|Photodisc|Getty Images)"Father's Day is a day honoring fathers, celebrated on the third Sunday of June in 52 of the world's countries and on other days elsewhere. It complements Mother's Day, the celebration honoring mothers."
3. Labor Day
Sales: 60.2 million cases
(Photo: Visions of America/Joe Sohm|Digital Vision|Getty Images)"Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September (September 6 in 2010). The first Labor Day in the United States was celebrated on September 5, 1882 in New York City"
2. Memorial Day
Sales: 61.0 million cases
(Photo: Stockbyte|Getty Images)"Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 31 in 2010). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service"
1. Fourth of July
Sales: 63.5 million cases
(Photo: Francesco Ruggeri|Photographers Choice|Getty Images )"In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain."
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