Diwali

I have been to my home town after a month for Diwali. This is Different Diwali for me,
Upto my Knowledge this is my first Diwali with out crackers, and I spent Less than 1 hr infront of TV. The only pgm that i watched during the days is Vijay TV's "Eppadi Thorkin Eppadi vellum".
This year I didn't buy crackers becoz of some rituals and customs, But form next year I will not buy crackers.
When I was a kid when i ask for crackers my father and grand father used to say Don't burn money (Kaasa Karriakkatha), Namma sambathikka arrambicha appuram than nammaku puriuthu.