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Halloween or Guy Fawkes Night?
It may sound strange but my first ever Halloween was 24 years ago in Hokkaido.
This is because Halloween was primarily a North American and Canadian festival and, at least when I was a child in the UK, it wasn’t celebrated.
The UK has its own very different festival called Guy Fawkes Night.
While Halloween is a festival celebrating the supernatural (similar to the Mexican Dio Del Muerte – Day of the Dead), Guy Fawkes Night is a commemoration of an actual historical event.
However, there are some similarities.
For example, both festivals are known for particular phrases; “Trick or treat? (Halloween) and “Penny for the Guy” (Guy Fawkes Night), both festivals involve sweets (Apples coated in toffee are popular in the UK) and both festivals involve light in the darkness – candles in pumpkins (Halloween) and bonfires at night and fireworks (Guy Fawkes Night).
A distinction though is that Guy Fawkes Night has it’s own special chant;
Remember, Remember,
The 5th of November,
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot.
Best wishes, Michael.
This is because Halloween was primarily a North American and Canadian festival and, at least when I was a child in the UK, it wasn’t celebrated.
The UK has its own very different festival called Guy Fawkes Night.
While Halloween is a festival celebrating the supernatural (similar to the Mexican Dio Del Muerte – Day of the Dead), Guy Fawkes Night is a commemoration of an actual historical event.
However, there are some similarities.
For example, both festivals are known for particular phrases; “Trick or treat? (Halloween) and “Penny for the Guy” (Guy Fawkes Night), both festivals involve sweets (Apples coated in toffee are popular in the UK) and both festivals involve light in the darkness – candles in pumpkins (Halloween) and bonfires at night and fireworks (Guy Fawkes Night).
A distinction though is that Guy Fawkes Night has it’s own special chant;
Remember, Remember,
The 5th of November,
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot.
Best wishes, Michael.
