An this is why live service mechanics in a single player game dont work.

Originally posted by Gromarch:

everything but Thanksgiving is an import from Europe. ;P

Feel free to categorize the U.S.'s Thanksgiving as one more largely-imported holiday that Americans turned into its own as its roots lie in celebratory English harvest festivals that existed in pre-Christian times.

As far as last year, I tracked down the announcement for when Jack-o-turnip was enabled. 4 Oct 2021.

SMALL UPDATE / PATCH NOTES
POSTED
Mon, October 4, 2021
Patch 0.203.10
Further post-Hearth & Home-tweaks
This time we’ve made some more adjustments to make everything feel more balanced. Some food stats have been changed, but more importantly all melee weapons will now cost less stamina to use. We also taught the Fulings some new battle tactics and told night-spawning monsters to go to bed once the sun is up. And since fall is properly setting in, you can now make your home even cozier (or spookier) with a Jack-o-turnip!

0.203.10
* Oven & cookingstation drop food items when destroyed
* Gamepad sensitivity save fix
* Acorn & Birch seed drop rate increased
* Onion seed icon tweak
* Player number difficulty scale tweaks
* Removed comfort from Crystal wall
* Atgeir, Blackmetal axe, Bronze spear tweaks
* Lower melee weapon stamina drain
* Knives have more durability
* Tweaked some food stats based on effort to craft (blood pudding, boar jerky, bread, deer stew, mincemeat sauce, wolf jerky)
* Night-spawning monsters despawn faster in the morning
* Parry ranged attacks staggers caster again (illogical but fun)
* Fuling AI tweaks (Spreads out & circles more)
* Longer Lox attack cooldowns
* Frost damage slowdown fix
* Shield tutorial trigger fix for wood shields
* Wood log 26° & 45° stability fix
* Jack-o-turnip enabled
* Torch + weapon jog animation fix

My turnip inventory is growing as we speak.......

seems like last year they added the JOT 1 week before... be patient or "console" them in if you cant wait.

Look at nearly every other similar game on Steam and you will see Halloween events. I understand the Norse didn't actually have anything similar but it would still be fun anyway to have some event around this time, such as Norse tradition of álfablót, the sacrifice to the elves. The álfablót was a celebration held between the end of autumn and the beginning of winter.

LOL , they should make it where all the creatures come to our doors knocking wanting trick or treats or vise-versa we go to ther doors ,lol

Originally posted by Gromarch:

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

I get it though, Europeans just don't know how it works.

...and its Europeans who make the game.
Must admit its Muricans who gets it wrong though, since everything but Thanksgiving is an import from Europe. ;P

Joking with facts aside, you're right; decoration goes up days before the day. Except the Christmas tree. :)

Yes I know Europeans make the game... that is why I am here explaining it.

if you only are going to put it in for one day why bother then?

Well one day plus console verification ... so a couple of weeks then?

Turnip DAY .... better log in and make it while you can!!

It will prolly come out with mythlands at this rate.

It's my understanding that Europe is a lil "meh" in places regarding the pagan new year.

Netherlands, barely care about it.
France, most of the country don't care but the major cities are starting to embrace it, kind of like Portugal
Italy & Bulgaria.. they really don't care much they got their own things to do.
Germany, Swiss, Greece & Romania, party time!

...the more you know.

I just gave up and used devcommands.

Originally posted by Gromarch:

10 days to early?

Well I suppose if you are one of those folks who put up their xmas tree xmas eve it isn't.

Most people who celebrate Halloween in the USA are quick to change over to Thanksgiving stuff after Halloween... and plenty of people even have xmas stuff already for Thanksgiving.

"The day of" hardly applies when it comes to decoration for the event. It is more the final day of it on the actual day!

My community actually has a decoration contest and gives out awards for best houses... they actually held the contest LAST weekend!!

This is normal for this event.
I get it though, Europeans just don't know how it works.

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

I get it though, Europeans just don't know how it works.

...and its Europeans who make the game.
Must admit its Muricans who gets it wrong though, since everything but Thanksgiving is an import from Europe. ;P

Joking with facts aside, you're right; decoration goes up days before the day. Except the Christmas tree. :)
And I'd like my Jack'o'Turnips now as well tbh,

10 days to early?

I've been saving turnips all year in anticipation....