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I've always thought that we do it because it's safer than firing guns into the air.
Or maybe fireworks were invented by people who hate their neighbors' pets.
And to be fair, both options are safer than just walking around with a torch igniting buildings and people.
Yes but burning mansions to the ground is also an American tradition.
Burninating all the people!
in their THATCHED-ROOF COTTAGES!!