What happens on Nov 5th?

[YourVagesty]

A regional question!

I asked two young relatives from the other side of the country (keeping this deliberately vague because I want to know what you'd say) what they are doing for 'Bonfire Night' and they stared at me blankly.

Even after I'd explained, they still didn't seem to register any recognition of the story of Guy Fawkes, which to me, is mental.

So here's my question - is Nov 5th marked in your neck of the woods and if so, what do you call it?

I had no idea there might be regional variation with this one so I'm kind of fascinated.

Alternatively, my relatives might just be being thick as bricks. I guess I'm about to find out.

SE London - Bonfire Night. Lots of fireworks organised by schools and Rotary Club and DD learnt the story when she was 3 at nursery and later in Infant school as well.

IMO it’s a shame that Halloween has largely eclipsed Bonfire Night, which was The Big Thing when I was a child. I’d think most kids have still heard of It, though.
I think it’s at least partly because Halloween lends itself to vast quantities of orange and black plastic tat - tons of it fills the shops every year - whereas except for fireworks, Bonfire Night is not a massively commercial, made-in-China thing.