A leprechaun is the absolute worst holiday mascot known to exist. When a person wakes up on St. Patrick’s Day filled with luck and Irish joy, the last thing someone wants to see is a miniature figure sitting on the counter.

However, either way, no one will see the leprechaun because it’s a mascot with limited interactive features.

Children all over the world get presents from Santa, candy from the Easter Bunny, and gifts from Cupid. With the sneaky leprechauns, a person gets nothing from them.

They are completely useless to the holiday.

Speaking of sneaky, leprechauns are known for being tricksters. Their entire persona is making a mess or playing jokes.

The leprechaun is also creepy. It is a tiny old person, lurking around a house. They also are known for disappearing and reappearing, vanishing suddenly. Families never know where they are or if they are watching them.

That sounds more like a horror story than a holiday.

Someone else must have acknowledged this fact because a horror film called Leprechaun was released in 1993. It features a killing leprechaun who goes around killing people for his pot of gold.

A leprechaun also makes children think being greedy is okay. The leprechaun is always looking for its pot of gold, going to any cost to get his money.

He travels the world and cares about nothing more than his precious gold. Young children see this and assume they can also be greedy, and people will not mind it.

Children should not be taught early on that being greedy is okay; instead, they should learn about sharing and caring for each other.

Most importantly, the leprechaun takes away from the real meaning of the holiday. While leprechauns are a small part of Irish folklore, they have nothing to do with St. Patrick’s Day. St. Patrick’s Day is about celebrating St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

Instead of celebrating a tiny green mascot, we should celebrate a saint who brought Christianity to Ireland.

If a person seriously wants to celebrate this scary and greedy figure, then we should just create a separate holiday, not ruin another.

Overall, society should scratch the idea of a leprechaun completely. Instead, we should consider it with a Celtic Cross, tying in with the religious and cultural meanings of the holiday.