Fireworks- Paddy

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Today, I am going to blog about... Fireworks. Today is the 5th November, and in the UK that means it is Fireworks Night. Fireworks Night, alternatively known as Bonfire Night and Guy Fawkes Night, is an evening upon which most of the country has either a) Fireworks, b) A Bonfire or c) Both of those. The reason for this celebration is because many hundreds of years ago in the early 17th century, a Catholic chappy called Guy Fawkes and a couple of his mates tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament, which at the planned time would have contained our king, James I. Fortunately the Fawkes Posse was foiled and they were all horribly excuted and to this day we celebrate this. There are even a poems about it which go along these lines. However, I think that Fireworks Night is amongst the least worthy celebrations and now, along with Halloween, New Year and Valentine's Day, has devolved into an excuse to have a party and get drunken. Call me a kill joy, but thats just my opinion. The only good thing about Fireworks is the involvment of fire. Not that I'm a pyromaniac or anything.