"usually" over $100.00.
This is our first year that we are not hosting a huge party....thought we would be moved by now
For 25 years we had fireworks that went on for 2-3 hours.
We would spend maybe $150, but lots of people would also bring them. DBIL would spend $500!!
We are rural and have lots of space, so people loved coming here to be able to set them off.
When I was younger my parents did the annual 4th of July picnic at our house and my Uncle was the fireworks guy. Usually pretty lit when it was time to shoot them off, he would tear up my parents lawn every year. He set a neighbor's tree on fire once. And he threw an M-80 (or something similar) into my parents pool and blew it up. The yard was always a shambles with confetti afterward. Huge patches of burnt grass. No fireworks here. But I do miss Uncle Gus.
We usually let the kids get a few of the snap n pop things, smoke bombs, and the also get som fountains, and small novelty kinds (chickens things, tanks..) nothing really big we just watch the neighbors light up about $1000 worth instead or go watch the big diaplay on the riverfront. But this yr NOTHING - DH is working and it is raining- so we'll just watch everybody else! Happy 4th!!
I don't spend anything on fireworks. Our family has a giant party for the entire church and 1000's of dollars are spent on fireworks for that so we just watch those.
I've never bought a firework in my life. They don't interest me at all - actually scare me a little. DH likes them but we never have a place to set them off.
I'm fairly anti-crowd so we never go to see a display except at WDW. However, our city does a display in the park behind our house so we just stand in the backyard and watch them.
We dont have any good ones here head for MD instead Last year I spent over 100$ this year I'm spending zero only because my brother bought over 600$ worth.. We are heading to his house in a few hours.. I like free Our towns were on thursday night. We went to see them they were nice.. I like like to do fireworks at home its so much fun
Let's see... illegal and dangerous, cause fires, all sorts of injuries each year, and I can see billions of them for free by going to approved shows or watching the crazy people around us that waste money and risk life and fines on the illegal ones... so...