Happy Guy Fawkes Day! It is a British holiday where they basically have a bonfire in remembrance of a plot to blow up Parliament which was be executed by Guy Fawkes. Um seriously, they burn the man in effigy. It sounds rather horrific and violent, but apparently those Brits just love it. I'm trying to think if we have any holidays like this where we burn a figure in effigy, but I can't think of anything. Hell, I don't even think we celebrate kicking England's ass in the Revolutionary War. We should do that, don't you think?
Anyway, I guess we need to have a bonfire so Lindsey feels at home, although I'm not sure what we have that we can burn. I'm considering lighting up the rotting pumpkins on my front porch, but the neighborhood might get the wrong idea. We'll figure out something, and luckily, it coincides with Champagne Thursday!
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4 comments:
Unfair - this was gonna be my blog today. There are bonfires and fireworks all over the place tonight. Feels a little like 4th of July.
Um....have you heard of the 4th of July? celebrating our independence from Engalnd could be equated to kicking their butts...
Aday Lady - I don't burn anyone in effigy on the 4th of July - do you? If so, don't invite me to your next Independence Day celebration.
By the way, Independence Day is when we celebrate signing the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The American Revolution overlaps this event, but we didn't really "win" until 1783, so it really isn't a celebration about kicking their ass as much as it is a celebration of our asserting our independence like a petulant teenager. Fun stuff.
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