Last year, the firework industry took in euro 133 million in sales in Germany alone. Personally, I could do without this air – and noise pollution. On the other hand, I understand that some people (mostly men, I’d suppose) see this as a bit of Wild West fun.
Revenues from firework sales reached their peak in both 2016 and 2017 with € 137 million in sales. In 2018, the New Year’s celebrations brought in € 133 million, as did 2019. Let’s hope for a continuous drop in sales.
“Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.” , said Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
I’ll be laughing a lot on New Year’s Eve, when I watch Dinner For One. I’m the only one in our family from a 100% German gene pool, and have been told only a German could find this show funny. True. Nobody else in my family laughs with me. One of them might laugh about me, while I’m doubling over in laughter. 🙂
Back to the fireworks – in spite of them being produced mostly in China, I still want to wish your people 祝 你 们!
fireworks – das Feuerwerk (German)
New Year’s Eve – Silvester (German)
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