England should make an effort to celebrate St George's day

I believe we should, and should celebrate it enthusiastically too. St George has been the patron saint of England for the last 800 years, which is a fair stretch. That's a lot of tradition. Traditions are the fabric of a grounded nation and it is important that we uphold central traditions lest citizens forget their heritage and become a loose and divided people.

Furthermore, a sense of identity is integral to the human person, and identity stems from belonging. To simply discard national boundaries would remove a sense of territorial belonging. To be proud of ones country does not necessarily have to translate into tension with nations abroad, and to celebrate ones peaceful traditions should be something citizens embrace.embrace. 
 
There is a difference between pride and prejudice....

Outdated traditions can be negative as well as positive and thus become injurious to the health of society as a whole. Traditions involving patron saints are very nationalistic and evoke imperialist attitudes which are detrimental to our modern multiculturalism. Celebrating these traditions with renewed vigour sends out a message that we are making a conscious effort to re-draw those inpenetrable national boundaries, and that our tolerance for cosmopolitainism has taken a downward turn. Just as the tradition of the mediaeval witch-hunt has been consigned to the annals of history, traditional emphasis on national pride should also be phased out lest the witch-hunt should return under the new guise of accepted nationalistic racism.