5th November Bonfire Bangs & Fireworks, smells

I love to see the colours and shapes of high quality organised firework displays viewed from a distance.  What I find intolerable are the ones that are let off willy nilly in the street or in private gardens—those unexpected bangs and whizzes infuriate me.  As for bonfire night itself, much like Halloween the week before where people dress as evil characters or celebrate horror, I've never understood the attraction in stand ingin the freezing cold surrounded by a noisy crowd of complete strangers. 

It's Demonic. Unleashing Supernatural Powers.

The Occult want the complete eradication of Faith and Innocence.

It's Demonic. Unleashing Supernatural Powers.

The Occult want the complete eradication of Faith and Innocence.

I love good trivia

Actually, historically Bonfire Night was a way for communities to cope with the darkness and cold of the winter months by lighting huge community fires and serving hot food and drink. Like Christmas, over time it was hijacked by various religious and political movements and ascribed religious or political significance. Since the dawn of electricity, and the advent gas central heating, it has become purely symbolic and meaningless—and an opportunity for making money out of the sale of fireworks.

Halloween (which historically was All Hallows' Eve, the day that falls before All Hallows' Day) is also a pagan festival which saw communities feeding the less fortunate. Eventually  it too was hijacked by religion (Christianity) and became as All Hallows' Eve and All Saints' Day. During the last century, it, too, was  hijacked by commercial entities and has become a money-making horror cos-play event for young children.