Guy Fawkes Night

[karen9]

I loathe Guy Fawkes Night. It's illegal here to let off fireworks except at organised events, but so many people take no notice. It's a fearful night for animals, with many terrified and going missing. I'm anxious the whole time. Cliffie went off on his nightly jaunt before I could shut him inside.

I think it's daft to commemorate it here in South Africa where very few people have any idea what it's about. I wonder if it's still commemorated in other Commonwealth countries?

Comments

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Guy Fawkes Night isn't celebrated here. I'm not sure if it ever has been, to be honest.

[karen9.livejournal.com]

Weird that's it's celebrated here. It's just an excuse to set off fireworks.

[avictoriangirl]

It's never been celebrated here either. I feel your pain over the fireworks though. We have the same problem on Independence day, everybody in the neighborhood lets off fireworks all night. Ugh.

[karen9.livejournal.com]

Luckily there were no fireworks in the neighbourhood.

[crew4.livejournal.com]

We celebrate Guy Fawkes here every year. There's a few that want to ban the sale of fireworks though. Actually, we set off some here tonight. The kids were so excited it was awesome. We just make sure our cat is inside.

[karen9.livejournal.com]

I suppose it's also celebrated in Australia?

We used to set a few off when we were kids; I liked sparklers mostly, but hated crackers. You are responsible people though; here people literally let off fireworks in the streets without taking any care and deliberately frighten or hurt animals, as well as people by accident.