Europeans Had No Idea What an American Halloween Looks Like

In most of continental Europe the thirty-first of October is a normal Thursday. Nobody knocks. Nobody dresses up. There are no decorations, because there is nothing to decorate for. The day that matters is the next one — the first of November, All Saints' Day. You go to the cemetery, you light a candle, you stand there a while. In Poland, in Italy, in Spain, in Ireland, that is what this week is. So this is what happens when Europeans meet the American version. An Italian woman who cannot get over that the sweets are free. A Spanish mother who never once wore a costume as a child. A German exchange student handed a treat bag by his host mother, with no idea what to do with it. And an Italian grandmother standing in her daughter's American front yard in SEPTEMBER, next to a singing animatronic. And then the other direction. A Brit who never wondered where anyone buys a six-foot skeleton, until she found Spirit Halloween. Germans who dress genuinely terrifying. Norway, where the holiday is about thirty years old. And an Irish woman shouting at a trick-or-treater, who says the line this whole video is built on. Here's the part Americans don't know: Europe started it. Samhain, in Ireland. The first carved lanterns were turnips, not pumpkins. Irish immigrants took it to America in the 1800s, America scaled it up by a factor of a hundred, and now it's arriving back in Europe — in American packaging. All clips belong to their original creators. Links to every creator are in the comments. This channel is commentary and compilation — if you are a creator and want your clip removed, message us and it comes down. CHAPTERS 0:00 "For free?" 0:20 In Europe the 31st is a normal Thursday 1:00 "Halloween wasn't a thing where I grew up" 5:38 And it's only September 9:10 Spirit Halloween 12:05 Trunk or treat, and the candy 17:56 Who actually started Halloween 18:44 "That candle is for me Aunt Teresa" 23:39 Turns out she did like Halloween 30:21 Which side of the Atlantic Subscribe here: [KANAL LİNKİ — BOŞ]