To think that Bonfire night is slowly dying out

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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 .

Ditto

It seems like there are loads of fireworks now and hardly any bonfires. I hate fireworks, but quite like the bonfires. I remember them vividly from childhood. But now there aren't many small local bonfires near me, probably due to health and safety? The only bonfires are at huge firework events with thousands of people that need booking in advance. Bonfire night has become a money making event rather than a nice thing that communities did once a year for tradition.
Halloween i really don't understand, especially adults dressing up for a party, buying special Halloween food, pumpkin picking (wtf?) and decorating the house for one night? Just go trick or treating with the kids and watch a spooky film - that's enough.

Fireworks night is still huge I’d say… BUT… they didn’t tend to have a bonfire now, and certainly no Guy on top. I think that side of thing has mostly died out (I can’t decide if it’s sad or not?).

There are still loads of local displays here but mainly fireworks rather than a bonfire.

I think Easter is so entwined with religion that it has been become somewhat niche. Christmas doesn't have such a strong link with Jesus for most people anymore so more open to everyone if that makes sense.

Halloween has more opportunity for commercialisation than fireworks night so has become more of a thing. Plus, fireworks are (rightly) horribly expensive so individuals are (thankfully) put off buying them but there are so few organised displays now. There are none by us this year which is gutting.

Lol not round here. I live near Lewes.

I live in Ireland one of the places where Halloween obviously originates. On Halloween we have bonfires here and also somewhat ironically when I was a kid guy Fawkes made his way to the top of many bonfires here. I think you might end up with something similar a merging of Halloween and bonfire night.

I agree that fireworks night will dwindle away.

I think fireworks sold to the general public should have been banned years ago. They’re so dangerous!

I will be glad when our country uses noiseless ones like other countries for animals and those who have PTSD.

I’ve stopped going though simply because of the price.
I was paying up to £10 to stand in a fiend to see fireworks which I can see for free outside of the field.
But this is also the reason why towns have stopped or will stop doing them as they use the entry fee to pay for them.

I wish carol singers were a thing these days, proper groups from the church with lanterns, not a couple of kids at the front door singing out of tune wanting money.

Bonfire night is still the big deal where i live (south east). You dont get kids making a guy out of old clothes stuffed with newspapers like we did when i was young, but there's a huge local bonfire & firework display every year that's extremely popular.

Ladyvictoria people sing carols where i live. There's a tree lighting in town and a local choir often lead the singing

Well it depends if grandparents and parents still take their kids to firework events in their town to keep up the tradition. If they don't bother then these events won't be viable to run anyway.

Plenty of the fireworks nights events near us are totally organised and run by charities and volunteers (for the food stalls etc).

Personally I think it is a tradition worth keeping considering the state of our current government.

I wouldn't go telling the Sussex Bonfire Societies that

Don't start me off lol. Kids saying awesome and wadder instead of water . Asking for cookies and candy. No it's biscuits and sweets fgs .

Firstly, not in Sussex

Secondly, over the hundreds of years that this commemoration/festivity has been going on, it has waxed and waned over time and there will be periods of time when its less prevalent

Me personally I love it and book up to see as many of the Sussex nights as I can.

I fucking love bonfire night. I’d take it over Christmas and Easter, even. Also in East Sussex where it’s going strong. I think big organised displays will suffer in the coming years from cost-cutting and recession: when I was in Lambeth they stopped the display for a while because it was so costly to put on.

Also in the SE east Sussex,lots of bonfire societies here, fireworks, bonfires and parades.

Not in the slightest round here! There are at least 4 massive displays within a 5 mile radius and the traffic when they are on is horrendous so they are obviously busy! The vast majority of my neighbours have fireworks and also bonfires on the actual 5th of November as well.

We've just had Diwali and I can honestly say fireworks are still as popular as ever around here.

How is that ironic?

5th November celebrates an important event in our country's history. I hope this is still taught in Primary Schools.

I like bonfire night, although not going to one this year. It's Halloween I can't stand.
There's still a fair few bonfires round here, small local ones, which sold out weeks ago. However the city council have cancelled all theirs this year citing budget cuts, I'm in my 40s and never known that happen since I can remember, other than Covid.

Thank god. My poor old dog hates it. I've come to hate it too.

My 12 year old rescue lurcher has to get medication to cope with fireworks, so I hate the things. I can't even get her out for a walk in daylight because eejits set them off here. 😒

I love halloween but it seems to be merging with christmas. Shops now sell for both festivals simultaneously and offer hybrid decorations like the halloween christmas trees and wreaths, and tinsel spiders.