Having parties and going crazy with the decor is more of an American thing. We just wait until November 5th, set large piles of wood on fire and let off fireworks :D

Yeah it's kind of hard unless you want to start RIGHT at the bottom... and I'm now too highly qualified for those jobs. They all want something like two+ years of experience and no one can be bothered to take on anyone to train. =/ My mother is kind of behind in realising this and seems to think I can just walk into a job like she did when she was fresh out of high school thirty-five years ago.