What happened to making "Guys" for Bonfire Night?
By RieRie
@RieRie (820)
4 responses
@pumpkinjam (8786)
• United Kingdom
30 Oct 06
I think people are far too interested in Hallowe'en now and seem to have forgotten that Guy Fawkes was the only man ever to go into Parliament with the right idea! And I think we, as English, have become very Americanised as regards celebrations, that's the problem.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
30 Oct 06
Ummm! The right idea? Well, I suppose so, in a sense! Some people would say that the London Tube bombers 'had the right idea'!It all depends where you are looking from! Violence (successful or failed) was never the best way of solving problems!
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@pumpkinjam (8786)
• United Kingdom
5 Nov 06
You know what I mean you silly owl!
He failed anyway, isn't that why we celebrate? Because he did fail?
@bhchy1 (6047)
• United States
30 Oct 06
I am an American...so Halloween has been my long standing tradition. I do know all about Guy Fawkes and wonder in this political time if that encouraging children to burn a "Guy" is also encouraging more violence in a world where violence is out of control? Either way...you should be free to celebrate the tradition of your choice.
@pumpkinjam (8786)
• United Kingdom
5 Nov 06
That's true, people should be able to choose what to celebrate but in England we seem to be discouraged from celebrating our own traditions and expected more and more to celebrate others. I don't mind having other celebrations, we've had Diwali celebrations here for years, but I don't see why it should detract from our own traditions. As Hallowe'en is only 5 days before Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Night, people have chosen one or the other. Sadly (well, in my opinion it is a sad thing) they have chosen to let Hallowe'en become prominent.
@dorypanda (1601)
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30 Oct 06
I prefer Guy Fawkes night to Halloween, except for the noise of course. Bonfire night is about the celebration of YAY, that plot was overthrown. Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot, I see no reason why bonfire season should ever be forgot. The last time I heard anyone say 'penny for the guy' was about six years ago, I think it's a tradition that's slowly ebbing away, just like some of our Englishness is.
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