And how many people celebrate the last of april ??


//Spider

Ken wrote:
> 
> Graham Redway wrote:
> >
> > >>I'll be waiting... But, why the 5th ???
> >
> > I think this may be an English thing. All stemmed from a plot hundreds
> > of years ago to burn down the houses of parliment and kill the king. I
> > forget now. On the 5th Nov. is fireworks night, when we build huge
> > bonfires and put 'Guys' on top of them. These 'Guys', as in Guy Fawkes
> > are meant to be a representation of the bloke who's 'evil' plan it was.
> >
> >         Graham.
> 
> I suppose the English don't put much stock in the American
> independance day celebration do they ? Nope suppose not.
> The Chinese people use kilo tons of explosives each year to
> celebrate the new year and the Mexican people use them for
> their own Cinco de Mayo celebrations. Do the French use
> fireworks on Bastille day ? I've seen several photos of
> fireworks with the Eiffel Tower in the picture.
> 
> --
> Ken Tyler
> 
> tyl### [at] pacbellnet

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