Gunpowder, Treason and Plot!

Remember, remember, the 5th of November. Gunpowder, treason and plot!  Ah the 5th of November.  Guy Fawkes night.  Bonfire night.  Fireworks night.  It's not celebrated anymore here in Australia so it will pretty much pass us by  but it's always celebrated in England.  I remember when we were kids we used to have to make "the guy" at school who would then be burnt atop the bonfire in the village.  We had an old lock up and would take him down at lunchtime before returning that night to pull him out and march him to the fire.  We had burning torches and everything!  No wonder people think village folk are a bit weird.  And just to clarify, anyone who doesn't know what this is all about, "the guy" is just a stuffed model used to depict the traitor, Guy Fawkes.  We don't actually burn real people atop bonfires.  Not normally anyway.  I remember talking to an American online once who thought I was making the whole thing up.  You build a big bonfire and burn a guy named Guy Fawkes every year on the 5th of November?  Yes, it's true!  He tried to blow up Parliament.  Right.  I'm not sure if I ever did get my point across.  I used to love it when I was younger; watching the bonfire lit and waiting for the fireworks display, which was always good until the end where the old "fountain" never quite worked.  Every year we'd wait with anticipation to see if this year it would catch but it never did.  It was always dark and freezing cold but still we went.  So this year I will not be celebrating as I have nowhere to light a fire, no fireworks and think that all of the above would be frowned upon.  I wish a happy Guy Fawkes night to those who will be celebrating in England or anywhere else in the world.