Halloween, Bonfire Night, Diwali - explaining British autumn to my children

For the poppies - it's for the people who died in the wars, and on the Sunday nearest the 11th there's a two minute silence. Children usually find that very moving if you explain it simply. It's one I'd say is worth joining in with, because it's about everybody.

I am from Lithuania and when we came I felt the same. What I did: pick one or two and do them properly, the rest just let them see. We do Bonfire Night because the park display is fun, Halloween we only carve pumpkin. And we still do our own traditions too, the children like that they have both.

Thank you all. I told my son justanotheraunty's version and he said 'so it's a party because the bad plan failed'. Yes. We go to the fireworks in the park on Saturday. And his friend's mother invited us for Diwali, so we go there too and bring something Bulgarian.