Tonight, many Britons will celebrate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, where a group of conspritors aim to blow up the House of Lords.
How do the celebrations go? Well there would normally be a gathering of wood into a big pile. This big pile of wood will be used for the bonfire, which will be lit in evening in the of burning a effigy of Guy Fawkes, one of the conspiritors who was caught in the cellars of the House of Lords. On top of that, there would normally a display of fireworks. As a kid, my brother and I would always look out of our bedroom windows which faces the back garden of a pub near our house.
The Hop Pole pub used to have a bonfire celebration every year, and we would watch the bonfire burning brightly in the pub's garden and watch the fireworks when they are set off by the owner of the pub. Its always a busy night, with children playing with sparklers and having savoury pies to eat as they watch the fireworks and the burning of a Guy Fawkes effigy.
I particularly remember this date since, firstly because we had to study it at secondary school, and secondly, its two nights after Amelie was born in 2004. I was in the babies ward holding a two day old Amelie watching the fireworks in the sky from various locations from the baby ward window. It was as though it was celebrating Amelie's birth.
They don't celebrate Bonfire Night in Taiwan, so I'll just have to make do with checking the web for firework displays. If you are all going to a bonfire tonight, make sure you keep your pets indoors, wear something warm, and most of all, have fun!
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