Hey there Honey....

Your boy there is sufficiently clueless as not to know what you mean by cracker. I suspect that for him, it evokes this:



. . . properly known as a soda cracker, or a saltine.

Your suspicion was accurate n correct.





David

We have cream crakers, but I suspect David was being deliberately obtuse.

Well that's what aspire to - I enjoy the simple things in life.

Not this time, Izzy; I 'd never heard anyone associate crackers with Christmas before.

If the term refers to a sound,
then I imagine that the 4th of July'd be more appropriate.





David

It's a tradition over here that goes back to the Victorians. Every Christmas dinner has to have crackers. There is a snap inside filled with gunpowder that makes a cracking noise. There is a terrible joke, a hat and a novelty. How good the novelty is depends on how expensive the crackers are.

I don't think your suggestion would cut any ice over here, 4th July is just another day in Summer. Fireworks go off on 5th November, when it gets dark early.

U celebrate that date for an early dusk ?





David

Are you being serious? I don't want to waste time typing up all the reasons, if you're just having a laugh.

I don 't wanna put u to any trouble,
but I 'd never heard of celebrating twilight.





David

First of all there is a tradition of having bonfires between the Autumn Equinox and the Winter Solstice. This dates back to Pagan times, and deals with the notion of feeding the Sun, as it gets weaker. There's also the practicalities of clearing up the dead wood after harvest.

The 5th November in particular deals with the Gunpowder plot. A group of Catholic conspirators tried to blow up the Houses Of Parliament and kill James I who was due to address Parliament at the time. The most celebrated conspirator was Guido (Guy) Fawkes. The plot failed, and we celebrate the failure of one of History's most audacious terrorist plots, by burning an effigy of Guy Fawkes (or a popular hate figure) and setting off a load of fireworks.

Remember remember the fifth of November
With gunpowder treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder season,
Should ever be forgot.

When I was a kid, the comics used to show fireworks. Not any more.