In America...

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

...do you celebrate Guy Fawke's night? AKA. Bonfire Night? It is marked with HUGE firework displays, the burning of a "Guy" (either just an effigy or a topical person like Bin Laden) and dancing in the streets. It's like 4th July on steroids.

 

[disneydreamer1980]

Nope

 

[disneychrista]

Never heard of it. So I assume the US does not celebrate it.

 

[Lord Manhammer]

I’ve heard of it as I like to study other cultures, but we don’t celebrate it in America.

 

[DCLMP]

Sounds creepy.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

 

[darnheather]

I've heard of it but no. We also don't celebrate Remembrance Day. We have Veterans Day instead.

 

[NYCgrrl]

It’s a Brit holiday named for one of the conspirators who plotted to blew up Parliament. Fortunately for him the sentence of being hung, drawn and quartered was not carried out for the most part while l he lived. He died of a broken neck and missed the rest of his punishment. The same was not true of his fellow rebels they received the full treatment.
His body is burned in effigy over a bonfire in the early part of November and sometimes a national foe replaces him such as the Pope, Hitler, etc.

To the best of my knowledge Guy Fawkes Day is only observed in the UK.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

I've heard of it but no. We also don't celebrate Remembrance Day. We have Veterans Day instead.

Interesting

 

[sam_gordon]

It’s a Brit holiday named for one of the conspirators who plotted to blew up Parliament. Fortunately for him the sentence of being hung, drawn and quartered was not carried out for the most part while l he lived. He died of a broken neck and missed the rest of his punishment. The same was not true of his fellow rebels they received the full treatment.
His body is burned in effigy over a bonfire in the early part of November and sometimes a national foe replaces him such as the Pope, Hitler, etc.

To the best of my knowledge Guy Fawkes Day is only observed in the UK.

The Pope is a "national foe" to British?

 

[Lord Manhammer]

The Pope is a "national foe" to British?

Depends on what King is your favourite, I suppose...

 

[PollyannaMom]

I learned of it from reading the Paddington series as a kid, but no, we don't celebrate it where I live.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

No

 

[Buzz Rules]

No. It's strictly a Brit thing.

 

[princesscinderella]

My husband always likes to watch V for Vendetta this time of year, but we don’t celebrate it in the states.

 

[NYCgrrl]

The Pope is a "national foe" to British?

Most certainly was at the time of Guy Fawkes’s death which sorry I didn’t say initially was during the early 17th century. The UK was in the midst of a period of political and religious unrest and the Pope was considered an enemy along with an ever changing roster of different countries that often identified as Catholic.

 

[Lord Manhammer]

Most certainly was at the time of Guy Fawkes’s death which sorry I didn’t say initially was during the early 17th century. The UK was in the midst of a period of political and religious unrest and the Pope was considered an enemy along with an ever changing roster of different countries that often identified as Catholic.

I'm impressed with your command of British history.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I'm impressed with your command of British history.

I attended a boarding school in Barbados for a time and improved on my general love of history

 

[Lord Manhammer]

I attended a boarding school in Barbados for a time and improved on my general love of history

That's awesome. I attended an all boys prep school and developed a passionate love of history. Cheers to you comrade!

 

[NYCgrrl]

That's awesome. I attended an all boys prep school and developed a passionate love of history. Cheers to you comrade!