Totally agree. Fireworks can be wonderful. One of my fondest memories is when as a child of about 6 my father (a chemical engineer) taught my brother and me ho

Totally agree. Fireworks can be wonderful. One of my fondest memories is when as a child of about 6 my father (a chemical engineer) taught my brother and me how to make gunpowder and we made fireworks. We added a bunch of other chemicals to make them burn different colours (copper sulphate for blue etc) and then set them off when it got dark. My mother was so freaked out by how dangerous it was that she made him promise never to do it again. Feels particularly special now as he's old and has dementia so his days of doing crazy shit are coming back but not in quite the same way.