gaudiness, humor
the fiery delectations
bursting in the sky

Chairman Bunsen loved the Fourth, he relished it, the booming, the chatter, the smell of cooking fires, the gaudiness, the good humor, the fiery delectations bursting in the sky, and he
was happy to expand on this if you questioned the lavishness of it.

From Liberty by Garrison Keillor, Viking, (September 16, 2008),