To think that Bonfire night is slowly dying out

[IndiGlowie]

It seems to me that Bonfire Night will gradually die away as a lot of younger people don't really like or approve of fireworks. I understand people getting annoyed and upset when pets are traumatised usually by shits letting them off long before 5th November. I haven't seen a penny for a guy on top of a bonfire for years .

I think Halloween has grown more in popularity and has gone from nothing to something huge possibly down to the internet .

Easter used to be bigger than what it is now when there used to be Easter Bonnet parades and a lot more people went to Church.

Christmas traditions Also fading away no Carol singers , decorations such as Holly and mistletoe and cards are dying out .

I predict New Years Eve Celebrations will increase in popularity as the years go by .

I agree, it's a shame as bloody Halloween has taken over which I can't stand, it's so tacky.

I was saying this to DH. Our local display is doing a laser show instead of a bonfire. By the time my kids are adults, it's likely fireworks won't really be a thing anymore.

Good , fireworks are a nightmare . I disagree about Christmas / new year though .

I'd quite happily drop all of them except Christmas (but we still celebrate it as a time for family and traditions, just not the religious aspect). Couldn't care less about bonfire night, Halloween, Easter or New Years. Would be quite happy with an English equivalent of thanks giving though (to actually give thanks, not just an excuse for a massive sale!).

Sound here it's not dwindling, but growing stronger. They've now done online ticket ordering because it gets so busy. Cricket club alongside scouts. It's great, we walk there have a drink, walk home. Fab.

I’ve noticed it too. Even pre pandemic the displays seemed less busy every year. Now we don’t have any, they stopped doing them for covid and haven’t brought them back

I've always thought, even when I was little, you've seen one firework, you've seen them all - they're just... not that exciting.

No sign of that here. Very popular huge council display plus a plethora of schools/scouts etc… running events.

Pets here who couldn’t give a fig either way about fireworks and aren’t scared.

I’ve seen no evidence in RL of the wane in popularity you mention.

Christmas traditions change over time, you won’t see as much Carrolling but you do see a lot more elf on the shelf these days…

That’s a shame about Bonfire Night. It was still big when I lived in the UK, but that was ages ago now.

When I was a child in Canada Halloween was not tacky and commercialised. Costumes were homemade, decorations began and ended at home carved pumpkins and zero adults ever dressed up. It’s gotten completely out of control now, to the point where on the night it’s too scary for little kids, with all the 20 foot skeletons and scary music piped out of houses and moving electronic witches on doorsteps etc. And don’t get me started on how scary some children find zombie parades. Thank you capitalism.

Not here, displays are booked in advance and some sell out before the day. Local fb pages have loads of posts asking where there are displays

Traditions are always evolving. The first Christmas card was sent less than 200
years ago and Christmas trees in the UK started around the same time.

Not where I live. There's a load of organised displays arranged. We live in a diverse Borough where Diwali is also celebrated so the fireworks started nightly from around mid October. They'll be going off constantly until after 5th November. Only respite is if it's a very rainy night. The type of fireworks have changed over the years as they are now more of a really loud bang than colourful display. So expensive to buy as well.

Bonfire night/fireworks still big around here.

Our Scout group got a grant from the council for fireworks!

It's turning into bonfire month instead.

I wish bonfire night involved a bonfire! So few seem to these days. Hundreds of pounds of fireworks up in smoke but no bonfire. No Guys. It's a shame.

I hear fireworks every night, from about a fortnight ago. Where DO people get the money from, for it to literally go up in smoke?

Same where I live.

We used to always go to the local bonfire night when we were kids. I loved it. It was very wholesome and just a lovely atmosphere. I don't take my children because it's become such a huge, expensive, overcrowded money grab. It used to be popular but not unpleasantly busy. You could get a burger and a hot drink, and buy a sparkler and there was lots of space around the bonfire for everyone to stand and get a good view of the fireworks afterwards. Nowadays, it costs almost £50 for a family ticket, the food is extortionate, they let far too many people in so you just feel like cattle being herded and if you want drinks etc you spend ages queuing. It's an unpleasant experience.

I feel the same about lots of things I used to enjoy as a kid. Nowadays it's too busy, too expensive and just feels like cash grab.

it's not dying in this area, all the local towns have a display and bonfire and quite a few villages do as well. We always go to the one the next village over as our small town doesn't do a display which is a shame. It always attracts a huge crowd.

It would be a shame if a few killjoys ended it all.

For Halloween round here, the kids go out TorT on 31st. There are a few kids Halloween parties in local pubs/cafes etc in the few days up to then.

I don't mind a bonfire, but absolutely detest fireworks. I long for them to be banned!

We still have lots of displays here, around 7-8 to choose from and I am so happy about it - I would be so sad for the tradition to die out. Halloween isn't very big here, and is quite low key.

We can't move for carols with candlelight throughout December, and everyone uses fresh holly and mistletoe. Move here!

Not in Sussex, Lewes is something everyone should experience once.

I agree that Bonfire Night will lose its appeal. Halloween round here seems to be getting confused with a Lent or Advent type festival and is going on for bloody ages whereas Bonfire night is just one night. I think people are putting in so much effort and money into Halloween parties and events, decorations, door wreaths, pumpkin picking etc that the 5th of November is a much less appealing prospect.

You clearly don't live in East Sussex!

Ironic though that English traditions are dying out and becoming Americanised, when you get English people saying 'gotten' like they grew up New York or the Missippi or something.