Can I refer you to the poppy thread for a number of reasons why this event has become something ridiculous.
I always pause for reflection, remembering my Grandfather and his brothers during WW1. One survived intact, one suffered shell shock, one was fortunate to not get shot for desertion.
And then I pause for the same poor buggers on the other side of the trenches.
Not a fan of the whole charade.
Soz.