Californian Reacts | British Highschoolers try Thanksgiving Dinner for the First Time!

[@lindylou18]

All schools in UK have a uniform. For younger children it is a t shirt and jumper. One reason is that it makes everyone more equal.

[@Tridentus]

Along with my blazer and tie I used to go to chapel at my school. Literally bring a hymn book to sing church songs at 9am every day. Wasn't even private, these Americans have no idea lol.

[@nullakjg767]

equal to each other, and then collectively they feel superior to people who are underdressed. its still a bad practice.

[@paulthomas8262]

most not all.

[@seanmc1351]

@@nullakjg767 what planet you on, it makes all children and school pupels the same, no matter your background, if you get a grip, the wealthy bully the less well off, if your all the same, it does not matter, also, male and female can dress the same if wanted, girls can wear a skirt or trouser, top hald is the same for boys and girls

[@Loyporium]

​@@Tridentusmost not all tho and some primary schools even ik they wear non uniform like they don't have uniform

[@sangfroidian5451]

Fulham Boys School is a Church of England free school established in 2014, uniforms are the standard in schools in UK rather than the exception. Josh's friend is the headmaster, so Jolly has good access and produces some great content.

[@nullakjg767]

What???? Theyre still making boy only schools beyond the year 2000???? how backwards are they over there?

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

But it does accept all faiths, and it has got all faiths and atheists. Everybody is accepted, and I just got the most amazing ethos.

[@MaxineSmith027]

Never had or seen a pumpkin pie in England in my 61 years

[@stuartcarden1371]

A friend of mine from school had an American dad, so I was introduced to the idea of Thanksgiving fairly early through him. My first Thanksgiving meal was 5 years ago when we went to visit some American friends from Boston. We happened to be there in November and they invited us to join with the family. It was an amazing experience! I wasn't keen on the sweet potato casserole but the rest was amazing.

[@Whiteshirtloosetie]

No it's not just Public schools but most schools in the UK you dress in a uniform or dress smart and rightly so. Can remember years ago where some schools did away with school uniforms, people were spending ridiculous amounts of money to out do one another especially on Trainers which encouraged bullying for those who couldn't afford it. There was a documentary where a Headmaster took charge of a failing school. The first change he made was insisting on the reintroduction of school Uniforms and take pride in their appearance. It worked and the school including exam results improved dramatically. I notice in the clip that on Henry's tie it's either a Prefect or Head Boy's red badge like the Prefect badge I use to wear. Prefects at our school also had a single red narrow bands sewn on to each cuff of our blazers, Head boy and Head Girl had twobands on each arm. When later working in an Office I always wore a white shirt and tie whilst others didn't bother. Even though I was the Admin Assistant so down the pecking order at the time some times we'd have important visitors. What was funny is the VIP Visitors would often walk into our work area, past my Bosses who didn't dress smart and come straight to me to ask questions and advice. When people have been depressed I've given advice of make the effort to look smart. If you then feel good in yourself people pick up on that positivity.

[@Whiteshirtloosetie]

Use to have American friends and was invited to a couple of Thanksgiving dinners. I really enjoyed them and missed the events when they went back to the States. I can't remember trying any of the extra foods shown here. For me Sweet Potato is far too sweet for my taste buds and prefer it in a Curry. A friend did buy a Pumpkin and we did try it on it's own. Because no one liked it he decided to then make strong home made Pumpkin wine in which we did like. Only problem is where he stored them to ferment all the bottles exploded.

[@Cjbx11]

It’s pretty normal for kids in the UK dress like that for school. Nearly all UK schools have a uniform of some sort.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

We used to have local Harvest Festivals, which is along the same general lines as Thanksgiving, but those have rather fallen by the wayside.

[@DansBoringChannel]

A lot of people have already mentioned that this is just a regular state school, by the looks of things. But an interesting fact is that in the UK, we call our free schools "state schools" and our paid, private schools "public schools" So if you said "public school" here, the image is posh, privileged sons and daughters of politicians.😂

[@timglennon6814]

Every school from infant school to senior school, kids wear a school uniforms, no matter what school you go to a state school or private school.

[@janethernandez724]

I just found your video today. JOLLY videos are interesting. I don't know a whole lot about their uniforms I figured it was a private school for boys, like a boarding school of some sort. After watching a few more JOLLY videos, I learned the name of the school, here is a brief mention from the internet: The Fulham Boys School is an English Church of England free school for boys aged 11 to 18. It was founded by a group of Fulham inhabitants and opened in September 2014. Here in SoCal, some public schools here adopted to have a uniform system mainly to keep the children looking equal to each other on campus, although the uniform system is bit more relaxed than how these boys have it, depending on which school you attend, a couple of schools I have seen wear a collared shirt, (Button down or Polo style) with or without a tie, matching slacks, and maybe matching shoes too. I think these kids never had any of what they tried ever until filming this video. I also learned watching these videos is that their food doesn't consist of a lot of flavor and here in America we do like flavor. WE have nearly all those dishes at Thanksgiving. Pecan pies do taste really good, very sweet but it is too rich for my liking nowadays. I enjoyed watching this video reaction!

[@lilbullet158]

Very good video.... Informative and Funny.

[@nadeansimmons226]

Most ordinary school students wear uniforms , even in primary schools

[@jeanettevaughn3376]

I am old and never had a thanksgiving sandwitch like that. We had turkey sandwiches , or we had leftover turkey with leftover gravey over rice or mashed potatoes.

[@spackar2720]

These kids are adorable.

[@matthewgreenough2431]

I really want to try that marshmallow on sweet potatoes, its blew my mind

[@californianreacts]

I know it sounds a bit odd but made well it's pretty tasty! Only started eating it myself at thanksgivings a few years back.

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[@JockJutManhwaRecap]

Jolly is fun to watch

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Of course British school pupils - or Brits and anyone outside the US - have little awareness of the concept of Thanksgiving! Why would they? The US holiday commemorates the Plymouth settlement's first harvest celebration with the local American Indian tribe. What relevance does this have for a high schooler in Rhosllanerchrugog, Rochdale, or Renfrew? 🙄🤔

[@karlsmith2570]

3:06 To answer your question, schools in the U.K. wear uniforms, regardless of whether they're private schools or not

[@jeffreyprice773]

We don't have thanksgiving thankgoodness.

[@leeeckhoff8101]

Great reaction

[@Choptaction]

We usually have pumpkin pie at Halloween in my family, not sure about the others though

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

I think America might have a problem with sugar. 😮

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

People around the world know about Thanksgiving, but only American celebrate it. IMO two of America's biggest contributions to world cuisine are pecan pie and key lime pie. Both yum.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

@@OneTrueScotsman Didn't know that - thanks for the correction.

[@Sue-Eliz]

School uniformsare always worn whilst at school Years ago in primary scool we didnt wear uniform, but these days primary scool have a very simplified uniform: either a red.royalblue or green jumper and short sleeve shirt, with the badge of the school on the jumper, grey trousers/skirt.

[@charlestaylor3027]

I've had pecan buy - it is the one great American donation to cuisine.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

You haven't tried Key lime pie, then.

[@charlestaylor3027]

@@Beedo_Sookcool it's just lemon meringue with different citrus.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

@@charlestaylor3027 "Just"? You have no soul.

[@lynseyh8876]

All private and public schools have unifrom shirt blazers trousers /skirt tie

[@DaveBartlett]

Why the absolute Hell would Thanksgiving be celebrated in places other than the USA? Do you in the USA celebrate Guy Fawkes Night? No? - Well obviously not, because that's a UK specific event, so what makes you even suspect that people outside the USA might want to celebrate your NATIONALIST holidays?

[@invisigoth510]

Calm down. Canada celebrates Thanksgiving (theirs is in October) & northern Mexico has started celebrating it-they celebrate it the same day as the US (it just keeps creeping further south each year)

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Well, we used to have harvest festivals in the autumn, but those've pretty much fallen by the wayside.

[@charlestaylor3027]

Plain ordinary school uniform

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Yes it is...and in East and Southern Africa, India, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Russia, most of West Africa, the Caribbean, etc, etc. too. As usual, the US is an outlier in this area.

[@fridaytax]

Wait till someone tells USAmericans the rest of the world doesn't celebrate the 4th of July. 😂

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

It really surprises a lot of them, and outright offends a number of them.

[@nullakjg767]

@@Beedo_Sookcool its a bit surprising considering the UK has basically become a vassal state to the US.

[@Jamie_D]

Hey cool video :)

[@tmac160]

Pumpkins are for making lanterns at Hallow'een and winter feeding animals. Odd how thev've caught on as a source of food. I guess those American settlers must have been pretty hungry. 😉

[@mikeymikeFType]

Please don’t give it to hedgehogs, it gives them the runs.

[@AndrewwarrenAndrew]

@@mikeymikeFType Like Sonic? :)

[@mikeymikeFType]

@@AndrewwarrenAndrew That could explain a lot

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Nothing odd about it, really: they're gourds, and gourds are pretty damn' delicious, if you prepare them correctly. And since pumpkin pie is just a modified custard tart, how could you NOT like it?

[@mccorama]

I've had a couple of invitations to ex-pat Thanksgivings in the UK and the pies and desserts are always delightful, but sweet sides/veg is still a step too far for my palate. Marshmallows are confectionery and just weird with veg.

[@oAPXo]

The sweet potato casserole is an... acquired taste. My mom makes it, but I skip on it, mainly because sweet potato is a weird thing to me. BUT she also uses yams, although she doesn't toss a crapton of marshmallows like that piece was. for me Pumpkin Pie will always be THE thanksgiving dessert, but we use cool whip lol.

[@RichardDevereauxEarlofEssex]

This is a standard state school,

[@gabbymcclymont3563]

My school we had a huge fishermans jumper which i hated it stank and wool does not like my skin. We were also ment to have a cloke i never got one we also had a choice of 5 diffrent shoes realy nasty. It was a shock because my old school in Scotland had uniforms loved my kilt.

[@oscarrunham4180]

The uniform is very normal for every school

[@defencebangladesh4068]

Here in Bangladesh we have school uniforms.

[@Xerdoz]

That was just some desserts or do Americans only eat desserts. Well everything has so much sugar / corn syrup that everything probably counts as a dessert.

[@judyhuurman1237]

When you get down to it this does NOT represent a thanksgiving dinner (a turkey sandwich, sweet potato pie and a bunch of desserts)

[@mattsmith5421]

Marshmallow on potatoes? Wtf

[@nancysmith6053]

not just on 'potatoes', but sweet potatoes - because sweet potatoes aren't sweet enough already! 😂

[@geekexmachina]

oK its a bit simplified State schools are what you call public schools because they are funded by the state (IE taxes etc), Public schools are payed for by members of the public (eg you pay fees to the school out of your pocket ) and are privately owned as such. and private schools are more selective. in the old days private schooling would happen on a wealth estate for the owners children by private teachers, whereas Public schools were for anybody who could afford it, there are videos about this and its sort of complicated. we also have faith schools and academies. And the whole system is different ie how the years are divided up.

[@jeanettevaughn3376]

Its funny the English had wars over spices and herbs but uses none.

[@Phil_A_O_Fish]

@HistorYEET! | Californian Reacts, I'm from the U.K. but I used to live as a landed immigrant in Canada up until October 1981 and I spent two months or so in your own state, California, between early November 1980 and early January 1981. That being said I know when Thanksgiving is celebrated in both Canada and the U.S.A. because I celebrated both of them in 1980. In Canada it's celebrated on the first Monday of October every year whereas in the U.S.A. it's celebrated on the last Thursday of November each year. The only noticeable difference between those two Thanksgiving Day celebrations that I just mentioned were that the one in Canada had turkey and other meat dishes whereas the one in San Francisco was completely vegetarian and included tofu ( bean curd ) instead of the meat - those bloody Californian hippies were just insufferable at that time. Additionally out of the dishes that were shown in this video that you watched the only one that I've ever tried and liked is pecan pie....pumpkin pie is vile as far as I'm concerned and I've never tried sweet potato pie so I can't really pass judgement on it. My favourite pies of yours are Mississippi Mud pie, chocolate cream pie, banana cream pie, key lime pie and coconut cream pie. My all-time favourite of all dessert pies is lemon meringue probably because of the mixture of acidity from the lemons and the sweetness of the meringue topping. Another distinction that I have is that I've also eaten Soul Food because where I used to live in Canada my roommate was dating a black American soul band manager and both he and the entire band were from Queens in New York and we used to have it every Sunday that he and his band were staying with us in Edmonton - it was one of our little traditions to let them do the cooking on that day. Because of that I'm obviously familiar with real southern fried chicken ( definitely NOT KFC - Kentucky Fried Cardboard ), re-fried beans, black-eyed peas, collard greens, corn pone ( cornbread ) etc. By the way, here in the U.K. Caribbean food is very popular amongst some of our communities and their cuisine includes curried goat, rice and peas, baked plantain which are like huge very hard bananas and they have to be cooked prior to them being eaten otherwise they're completely inedible, other delicacies from the West Indies are also available here. I'd defy any of you Americans to say that we don't have a variety of foods in this country because we don't and we're spoilt for choice when it comes to what we want to eat every day of our lives.

[@CMOT101]

Why would we Brits know about Thanks Giving? We have 5000+ years of our own history. Why on earth would we know some irrelevant thing about a country that means nothing to us?

[@AnneDowson-vp8lg]

I have seen this video before. I have had pumpkin pie before, it was delicious, but I was horrified that they put that dreadful squirty aerosol cream on it. Is this normal in America? Double whipped cream or clotted cream would be much better. What an insult to the pie. Incidentally, if Americans eat turkey etc for Thanksgiving, what do they eat at Christmas?

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Yes, it is considered normal. You spend DAYS preparing a Thanksgiving meal, you're likely not going to hand-whip some Chantilly crème on the day, as well. Plus, nearly all Americans not only don't know what clotted cream is, they show outright disgust at the name. We must pity them.

[@BethHutch-pg5yi]

educate yourself anybody knows that thanksgiving is American and then it became Canadian and that's it

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

No, this is what our uniforms look like. If you were younger, you might be able to get away with a polo shirt.

[@ToddyWestropp]

The sweet potato pie? That’s just sugar. So bad for you and fattening. Thank goodness we don’t have that here. Sorry, I hate to be rude. Thank you for the reaction.

[@emmef7970]

Too bad they didn't get to try the main dishes most often served. Would have been great to see them try the standard basics starting with turkey, mashed potatoes and "turkey" gravy since Brits or at least the English seem to think gravy only comes in one color. Dark brown beef gravy. Turkey gravy is so "beautiful" and delicious, lol. I like the gravy even more than the meat, lol. Where are the essential of the meal? Why the leftover sandwich when you haven't even tried the standard ingredients of it. All the desserts? They should have tasted last. In 50 years we have never had the sweet potato and marshmallow casserole on our table. Four generations of our family don't like it. It's a hard pass and also includes green bean casserole. Gives us the shivers. lol.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

We don't think gravy only comes in one colour. We do turkey gravy as well, you know. Also onion gravy, and a couple other flavours.

[@emmef7970]

​@@Beedo_Sookcool No, I don't know. Interesting since I have yet to hear one Brit on KZbin who hasn't made some variation of the "that's not gravy" comment. lol. Been hearing it for many years. You are the first person I have heard that has acknowledged the existence of any other color gravy than dark brown beef gravy. If the gravy has any kind of cream product in it instead of just broth (Bisto) or beef drippings they don't seem to recognize it as gravy. But it does appear that a whole lot of Brits don't eat turkey or a variety of gravies. Kind of like the spice thing,

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

@@emmef7970 That's because we just don't DO cream-based "gravies" in the UK. If it's cream-based, we call it a sauce (French culinary influence). I wouldn't take too much you read on the internet at face value -- it's largely inexperienced people parading stereotypes around as "fact." Like the "the spice thing," for example . . . . [Cracks neck, sips tea] >AHEM< That "joke" about "Conquered the world to get spices, never use any of them"? Yeah, only the really rich people and the gentry got those. Nobody else could afford them, so why would they be traditional ingredients? Best we could do was wild garlic and some local herbs. Then, after 1066, the Norman invaders made it illegal on pain of death for the common folk to take any good game, fowl, or fish from the land and rivers, so for a good 800 years or so, everyone subsisted on mostly vegetable stews with some bread, or pies, some eggs and dairy, and maybe a little meat on rare special holiday occasions . . . but still no spices, because they still couldn't afford them. We had to find creative ways of surviving, which is the only reason why the boiled, heavily-processed stems of a poisonous plant (rhubarb) in a pie crust was ever a thing in the first place. Then, just after we were getting into a good stride after the Pure Food Law was passed in 1875 to stop unscrupulous Industrial Revolution food manufacturers from adding sawdust and powdered minerals to the food to boost their profit margins, we had two World Wars in rapid succession with a Great Depression in between, which wreaked absolute havoc on our food chain, way worse than what happened in the USA. Wartime rationing didn't end until 1954, TEN YEARS after the war in Europe had finished. So for a few decades, the most reliable food was imported canned-ration-style stuff, like baked beans and tinned spaghetti. Whole generations got used to subsisting on that. It became comfort food to millions. And they passed that predilection down to their descendants. Modern British food started to get WAY better in the 1980s, and it's excellent, today. If you have nothing but bad food in the UK these days, that's all on you eating in the wrong places. And mocking British food because of what it was like in our past is just mocking the poor, downtrodden, and war-torn, from a position of modern wealth, abundance, and privilege. And if you're going to do that, you might as well mock other cultural foods like collard greens and grits, too. And Thanksgiving dinner, too. Roast poultry? Boiled green beans? Gravy? Stuffing? Boring. Traditional. Bland. ENGLISH. And finally, you only have to look at modern restaurants and takeaways in Britain to see that we love varied and spicy food. It's just that now, we can afford to have them. (I make my own Cajun spice blend and make a mean jambalaya, for example.)

[@julianbarber4708]

@@emmef7970 The spice thing? What the hell do you think curry is made of?

[@emmef7970]

@@julianbarber4708 Curry is not a spice, it is an Asian inspired dish. Curry powder is a combination of various spices. And, I will wager a bet that the majority of restaurants in the UK prepare the dishes to British standards in terms of spice and heat levels which is extremely low. I’ve watched more than my share of British cooking channels.lol. Seen hundreds of Brits eat Mexican packet hot sauce and salsa that has one jalapeño in it, seen them on Hots Ones, a couple of them were Champs. Beckham and Gervais, Ramsey too but he acted liked they were trying to kill him. But it was quite fun to watch. I was impressed he stuck it out. There are other cultures that have extremely hot food. It’s just kind of known that most Brits have pretty sensitive palates. Even the kids here eat spicier food and snacks that they don’t care for in the UK.

[@timglennon6814]

Sorry, but those kids have just embarrassed the U.K. not knowing what a Pecan is. 😂

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

When Americans stop calling blackcurrant "grape," stop making "shepherd's pie" with beef, and stop selling gigantic triangular cake slices drizzled with icing as "scones" . . . even then, you don't get to criticise people from another country not being familiar with every single thing from a country that is not theirs.

[@1967AJB]

Had thanksgiving dinner at the W Manhattan, it was awful, reengineered to be woke! A disgusting meal served by arrogant and pretentious waiting staff. They got no tip. They tried to humiliate me in front of the o5her diners. Unfortunately I had to explain to them why it was a disgusting meal, at which point about four other people in the Resturant agreed.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

In what way "woke" . . . ?