Fall Traditions from Around the World
| November 24, 2017
3. Guy Fawkes Night – England
Each November 5, English citizens celebrate Guy Fawkes Night. This holiday commemorates an aborted attempt by Catholic revolutionary Guy Fawkes to blow up the House of Lords and kill the Protestant King James I.
It was first celebrated in 1605, when grateful subjects built bonfires to cheer the King’s survival only hours earlier. The celebrations were made official after that, and now, every November 5, bonfires and fireworks explode all over England. Many people burn Guy Fawkes in effigy, sing songs, and celebrate the injection of a little mayhem into everyday life.
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