why should the british follow halloween cause it aint our tradition ours is bonfire night you dont see americans following bonfire night do you ?
2006-08-31 04:25:37 · 7 answers · asked by stoke 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Actually, we got Halloween from YOU! The traditions we follow for Halloween are CELTIC traditions, for the most part. Other places in Europe, while still celebrating it, celebrate in a different manner. Our ways ARE your ways! And which Bonfire are you referring to? I remember a bonfire on All Hallow's Eve, and All Saint's Day, and Guy Fawkes day, and several others. Now, granted, Guy Fawkes Day was the best, loved burning him in effigy and all, but you cannot blame America for Halloween. We caught it from you!
2006-08-31 06:20:39 · answer #1 · answered by graytrees 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Halloween is not an American tradition. It comes from Europe - that's continental Europe. I went to Halloween parties in the north of England in the mid-fifties, but we didn't go round begging for treats and threatening anyone who didn't join in the fun.
Halloween is Christian mythology - the night before All Saints' Day.
Guy Fawkes wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. The UK must be the only country to celebrate a failed terrorist attack.
2006-08-31 11:57:52 · answer #2 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL... Halloween ISN'T an American tradition. It's original name is Samhain and goes back thousands of years from Europe. So... the whole world celebrates Halloween, not just Americans!
2006-08-31 11:34:07 · answer #3 · answered by Dark Witch 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would you suggest England go Catholic and ignore the celebration to go to Mass on All Saints Day? It is Hollywood that spreads the fun of the Halloween costumes to Europe's shores. What next? We can't do Christmas correctly?
2006-08-31 11:35:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yours is "Guy Faulks" night isn't it? (not sure how to spell it.) The man who tried to blow-up Parliament? He used to be burned in effigy in the bonfire wasn't he? Halloween, American style, is begging really and perverts the real meaning of All Hallows Eve, when the veil between the spirit world and the living is thinnest. Nah, don't adopt it.
2006-08-31 11:34:06 · answer #5 · answered by smecky809042003 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's not an American thing the majority of the traditions come from Ireland.
2006-08-31 11:31:34 · answer #6 · answered by hisgirl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
American tradition? I think not. It goes back a LOT further than that.
Check the links below.
2006-08-31 11:30:34 · answer #7 · answered by johnslat 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋