I don't think you should take the fictional nature of the saint and his enemy too seriously. I find myself in the middle of a celebration of a possible slave rebellion against the Egyptian pharoh over 2 centuries ago, so I am not going to criticise other religious beliefs in dragons and Georges.

But every good myth and celebration should have an underlying message or lesson. In the case of Passover it is the importance of freedom - a message that is necessary to remember throughout history.

I am interested to know what George has to teach us or whether the message has been completely lost. I know we all have our own dragons to slay, but that is a bit of a wide interpretation. Perhaps we should revert to our previous patron saint, Edward the Confessor, and make it National Confession Day - a good chance for politicians to come clean about a few things.