Fireworks: A Louisiana Xmas Tradition

I have lived in the state of Louisiana for about six years this time around but the fireworks fetish possessing local residents really hasn't come to my attention until recently. I think the trigger was the fact we moved out of the slums in out into the country.

It seems like every night we are treated with another barrage of artillery fire but no pretty lights as the fireworks are the cheaper type that don't reached way up into the heavens. Nope we basically get the Friday night in Baghdad version minus the cruise missiles and low signature F-117 Nighthawk with radar reducing rubberized skin.

Anyways....

It is cool enough to light up the good ole chimneia and burn this weeks worth of bills and snail mail spam. It is a good bonding exercise and hopefully a good tool to instill fire safety. Fixed a bike and shopped a vegetable stand. Not your Xmas traditions of snow blown Canada but it is nice to wear shorts in December.

Happy Holiday Season to Christians, Jewish, and Pagans alike,