Gather Around the Fire Pit/Camp Fire/Bonfire
In the suburbs of Chicago, the words “bonfire,” “camp fire,” and “fire pit” are used interchangeably to describe a fire built in a back yard. If you are from an area where you allowed to burn leaves on your property, have used a tree trunk for a bonfire, or don’t have any neighbors, you may be scratching your head wondering how on Earth those words could mean the same thing. In high school, my friends and I would have “bonfires” at one another’s homes in an enclosed fire pit.