Anonymous wrote:There are so many British traditions that I want to continue here but no one to share with.
Is Guy Fawkes celebrated here in DC, anywhere in the States?
An American celebrating Guy Fawkes would be ludicrous considering that there was that little skirmish called the American Revolution to rid us of British rule! Plus we aren't a Catholic country.
Britain hasn't been a "Catholic country" since the English Reformation of 1534 you moron!
Guy Fawkes was Catholic.
Yes, and they burn him in effigy. It's not a celebration of Guy Fawkes, it's a celebration that he got caught and executed and the king didn't die.
Now he's symbolic of rebellion. And people just like fires. See Burning Man
Burning Man always had Wicker Man Druid vibes to it.
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