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Neither. It’s just “Fireworks Night” or November 5th. Everyone knows about Guy Fawkes trying to blow up Parliament and then getting tortured etc. And if you’re
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Neither. It’s just “Fireworks Night” or November 5th. Everyone knows about Guy Fawkes trying to blow up Parliament and then getting tortured etc. And if you’re actually ask people how they feel about that story, sure you’ll get a range of different answers, and it will probably seem to correlate with people’s political proclivities and you’ll make some spurious inferences. But honestly, as a Brit who has experienced 35 Fireworks Nights, no one is discussing or concerned with the Guy Fawkes story any more than they are discussing or concerned with the morality of elves at Christmas. It’s purely about fireworks and large, public night time gatherings (fun).
- sdflhasjd 5y agoIt's mostly known as bonfire night where I'm from. And the whole bonfire thing typically comes with the effigy being burned, so I find it hard to believe most people would be ignorant to its meaning.
- 123pie123 5y agoas a kid we had 'penny for the guy' where by you'd go around each house asking for money with an effigy (or for a laugh - one of us dressed as an effigy) This 'begging' was also done by standing next to a shop with a cardboard message and the effigy on the ground https://brecon.fyinetwork.co.uk/my,25267-Guy-Fawkes-Night-Penny-for-the-guy https://brecon.fyinetwork.co.uk/my,25267-Guy-Fawkes-Night-Pe... https://blog.adkinshistory.com/penny-for-the-guy/ https://blog.adkinshistory.com/penny-for-the-guy/