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According to a new study by the University of Dortmund, Germans celebrate the Euro re-import darker than Americans, go figure. So if you're heading out to Halloween parties in Tschermani, keep that in mind. Researchers also discovered that in the States it's more about self-representation and the costume.

Halloween actually originates from Ireland and celebrates the end of the Celtic Goddess Eiseria's fertile period. Now get this, when she reaches the end of her fertile cycle, the worlds of the dead and the living meet up, usually on October 31st; makes sense.

Just like daylight savings time. Congress changed it in 2005 and made it end on the first Sunday of November, which also helps people show up to work late. In effect, trick or treaters in the States have to deal with a lighter sky during a school night. Maybe that's why Halloween is scarier in Germany.