Halloween vs Guy Fawkes
It seems that despite the influence of America in NZ, Halloween (the dentists' nightmare holiday but a good excuse to party in silly costumes as opposed to street clothes) is not particularly significant here, despite the efforts of retailers to turn a few dollars. Meanwhile Guy Fawkes Day (Nov 5th for the Americans among you and an excuse for fireworks and a general melee of burning and blowing up stuff - think July 4th without the nationalism and with worse weather) is commemorated with enough gusto that there are tight limits on the number of days fireworks can be sold, while the fire service and police warn about the hightoll on property and damage to people.
It seems that despite the influence of America in NZ, Halloween (the dentists' nightmare holiday but a good excuse to party in silly costumes as opposed to street clothes) is not particularly significant here, despite the efforts of retailers to turn a few dollars. Meanwhile Guy Fawkes Day (Nov 5th for the Americans among you and an excuse for fireworks and a general melee of burning and blowing up stuff - think July 4th without the nationalism and with worse weather) is commemorated with enough gusto that there are tight limits on the number of days fireworks can be sold, while the fire service and police warn about the hightoll on property and damage to people.
posted by Tim | 8:05 PM
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