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Originally Posted by DixieGal
I still don't understand why they are doing fireworks. Is it a UK holiday or something?
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It's the night when one commemorates the fact that the Gunpowder Plot was frustrated. This was a Catholic plot to blow up parliament. The participants were executed and are now burnt in effigy and fireworks celebrate the occasion.
Actually, most people have forgotten what it's about, but just like fires and fireworks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night