Flashy Funerals 

I attended a funeral in New York once where the family spent tens of thousands of dollars to put on a show. The sad thing is that the deceased was the only daughter who was an alcoholic and the black sheep of the family. When she needed help to go into rehab the family wanted nothing to do with her they felt she was a disgrace to the family so they never financed her rehab treatment. When she passed everyone was crying and spent a ton of money 💰 for a show funeral, paid for an opera singer at the church, a violinist, most expensive casket, horse drawn carriage, then there was a Reception after the burial at an expensive Catering hall where 500 guests was served in fine china. After this experience it opened my eyes to what really matters in life if only they assisted her when she needed it she could have still been alive.

I would rather used the money towards a worthy cause rather than having an elaborate funeral that the deceased will never see or hear.

I respect what each family chooses to do . My mom has always said to us, give me my flowers while l am alive and can smell them, tell me you love 💘 me and appreciate me while I am alive and can hear it. Send me some money 💰 now while l can use it. She says when l am dead and gone whatever you choose to do at that time would not mean anything to me. I will not hear your wonderful words , l cannot smell the lovely roses . So l do all l can for my mom now.

Give me my flowers 💐 while I can smell them. This is so wasteful

Easton, you are an angel. You make every mother proud.

Some people don't seem to realize funerals are for the LIVING, not the dead. They are intended to comfort the living.

I want my love while I'm alive

Ion want no funeral. Cremate me and let my family live off the insurance!

People give love,flowers,gifts while we are here appreciate the person while breathing.

The son burying his mother is a sweetheart. GOD bless him for going all out for her.

don't know why you would have to buy a casket to cremate someone. that's just an unnecessary money gouge by the funeral home

My son knows what I want: a simple cremation and ashes in standard little box. Take it to a certain beach, open the box and toss my ashes into the waves. Play a certain song. I'll leave enough money for cremation and for he and his family to stay overnight in a quaint hotel in that town. That's it. The rest of my money (not much) is theirs to spend as they please. I hope they go to Italy and remember that I was there, once, and felt like I was in heaven. 💓

NAKED YOU CAME, NAKED YOU'LL LEAVE...I FIND THAT THIS IS JUST A BIG SHOW, AND LOTS OF DEBT!!! PRAY PPL. CREMATION ALL THE WAY.

Why didn't they spend that kind of money helping him get his life together.

“For what profits a man if he gains the whole world but loses his own soul”.

My Paternal Grandparents and my Dad were all direct cremation, no funeral and no fuss. My Daughter knows I am an organ and tissue donor, then I want a Green Burial-no embalming, no coffin or casket just dressed in my jeans and a Steelers shirt. Plant a lilac bush on the spot. Done.

Easton, I think your a really wonderful son, who loves his mum very very much. nothing was too much trouble for you to try and do Everything and anything you could think of to please your mum. And please her you certainly did. When you went to look at her in the casket for the last time and felt she didn’t look quite as you remember, In my opinion, her spirit had moved on to heaven, so her light had gone out if you Understand me. You just saw the body she had been living in while here. Now she is free from pain, her body is whole again, and she looks beautiful as she watches everything you do. She will always be close to you...strong love such as you had, can never be cut. I’m sure she would want to throw her arms round you and thank you and kiss you. So close your eyes, think of that and ALL the happy memories you have of times spent with her, laughing and loving. Bless you for being such a brilliant son ❤️😘💐🦋🌈

Do what you want with my body, I’m praying my soul hears “Well Done” at the gate.

Call me cynical, but - the deceased doesn’t get to ‘enjoy’ all the fuss!! Rather give that money to a worthy cause!

As long as they can afford it.. Bcuz funerals r for the living not the dead.. It's for the family to get closure.. Atleast that's my opinion

This is the craziest thing I have ever seen. Cremation..no service..nothing. Take the insurance money and pay off your bills, invest some, save some and go on a nice vacation. I'll be dead. I won't know who would be at the service nor see or smell the flowers. Don't waste my money like this.

That man was so fine and what a good man. I always look at the love a man has for his momma and usually he will respect all women when he lives his momma like this. He's gorgeous tho ain't he?

I just dont understand why... I dont want a funeral at all when I pass I told my daughters I just want cremated no money spent on flowers or anything I just feel it's not important. Money doesnt need thrown away when I die my granddaughters will always need and I wont need anything anymore.

Easton, a tear from your face is all the make up your Mum needs. 💓

I don’t believe in giving thousands of dollars to the funeral home employees. The dead person doesn’t benefit from the money. You’re just helping the funeral employees to send their kids to college, buy a new and bigger house, go on expensive vacations.

WOW...I was surprised to hear him say, "Most graves are sold with a 100 year lease." So after all that money spent, your loved one can be evicted and their grave resold! Cremation, please...

Death can make the sweetest person the meanest person ever and can make the meanest person the sweetest person ever. Death brings out the best and worst in people. Been working in the death industry for a little over 13 years now and I can’t imagine doing anything else.

My mom said don't put a lot of money in the ground use it for yourself. She said it didn't make any sense. She was right, we buried her it was a beautiful service and the funeral was hard but very well put together.

Felt bad for Easton. He wanted it all to go really well. That casket entering the church was almost a disaster.

Funerals arent for the deceased, they are coping mechanisms for the those they left behind!

Easton what a good son you are may God bless you and I wish I could find a husband as good as you are to your mother

Money isn't an object huh? That one family (Fanno) says the dude was a menace to the society in and out of jail all of his adult life... Hopefully they got him some help when he was alive instead of only going all out at his funeral.

This is RIDICULOUS!! Spend the money on them while they are alive and can enjoy it NOT when they are dead and gone! This is just for the people that are alive left behind by the deceased, very selfish! The dead cant enjoy any of this so why do it, donate to others that need the money in their name, that is truly remembering those that passed one!

Funerals shouldn't cost the earth.

HE IS DANCING THRU HIS PAIN, I THINK DO WHAT MAKES YOU GET THRU THE PAIN OF LOSING A LOVED ONE. BLESSINGS TO THE FAMLIES FOR SHARING THEIR STORIES.

They have the money 💰 why shouldn’t they make it grand!! It sounds like Nathan was so special and what’s better than a party to remember there loved one ❤️💐🌹

How sad is it to be an abandoned box of ashes in a room of a funeral home :( very sad

Celebrate my life and show me all the love while I’m here.... I don’t want them to wait until I die. Have that money go to my children not me But I don’t disagree with none of these families... everyone grieves and celebrate in their own way

Who is going down there to check that it’s still holding up to it’s warranty? 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

Nathan's funeral money could have been donated to the organization for the condition from which he suffered.I thought I was gonna see a wheelchair made with flowers!!

I'm at a loss for words. What did I just watch.

My family already knows. No funeral. Cremate. Place on mantle over fireplace.

Nobody in this world should finally burry their mom in 6 weeks. Really how long do expect a dead body to remain fresh and in its original color for “SIX WEEKS”

Why pay that much for a casket when its just gonna be buried underground?

I looked at all the money the family spent on Nathan’s funeral, then looked at their dental care🥴 Oof

Why do people spend most of the insurance money on funerals? The dead don't know if they're in a cardboard box or bronze casket. The PURPOSE of the insurance money is to replace the loss of income of the decreased, and andddddd to ensure the the SURVIVORS have money to carry on and maintain an income. We all want a respectful send off for our love ones, however it shouldn't break the bank.

Easton, you are amazing!! Beautiful funeral you did for your mom🥰

In the USA, funerals range from $8,000 and up to $15,000. It is sad that it cost that much to bury someone. I have requested my family to cremate me, and not to spend that kind of money.

Better never!!! Cremate me and move along. Take that money and make memories while still alive.

Waste of money

I think.......I need to get into the funeral business LIKE NOW........$$$$$$!

Don't leave expensive flowers at the cemetery they will be stolen. Electric toothbrush,REALLY?? What a collosal waste of money!

I wonder who is getting the comfort from the expensive casket, is it the dead person or the person choosing the casket for them?

What an unbelievable and total waste of money. Have a $3000 funeral and donate the rest to charity or give it back to your family. Do people really think that the love and respect you show the deceased depends on how much money you spend? How incredibly sad.

I don't want a funeral service or memorial, or obituaries.told my son to call everybody and tell them I passed away. My body is being donated to science. It's a waste of money.

OMG……I used to be in the floristry business, and if a traveller passed away they didn’t care what it cost, they just wanted frames made to resemble things special to them…you couldn’t buy the frames then, they all had to be wired and mossed, each flower wired separately, whereas now they make styrofoam frames, soak them, them just insert the flowers into it…. Horse drawn carriages, lots of horses, big cars, the works. No….Traveller’s really are generous to their loved ones…..as some tributes are seen on here!

Don't y'all get it?? The funeral home makes money off of you. They encourage it if u wasn't too go all out.

“We don’t want him to be forgotten”. Come 5 years no one will remember him. People do move on with their lives you know. To each it’s own. However. I have instructed my family to spend as little as possible on my cremation. I want most of life insurance money to go to help less fortunate people alive.

The only child of his mothers..I understand why he would do this.. Every child wants to give back to his mother and time was not on his side.... I love what he said: 30 years she gave to me, I can at least have 1000 per year..

Thats a guys who definitely lives his mom...may she RIP

That travelers funeral was a ghetto circus

I want a natural burial as i love nature. So when my time come i want my family to put me in the green bin on collection day by the side of the road. Hold the service at the bin and when the truck comes by i want them to wave good bye as the fork lift me up into the air and dump me with the sticks and leaves. I want them to applaud as the fork is lowered and wave goodbye as the truck leaves!

Sad that the funeral home wasn’t able to have that Guy’s mother look herself. Do they do not have any Black owned funeral homes in his area? Cost didn’t seem to b an issue. Really sad.

100-year lease what the hell

You better get a good down payment for the "Travelers" funeral. I've done artwork for them in South Carolina, and they always try to get out of paying.

I feel outlandish funerals like this are out of guilt Sorry but I've lost both my parents and they were both loved in life and respected in death I didn't need to spent tens of thousands. I was there when Mum passed and I watched her soul leave her shell behind it didn't look like her anymore 😥💔 I love and miss them everyday they know that I don't have to prove that to anyone..it's a shame these lavish events are for them not the deceased..my parents were both cremated and with me ❤️🙏🌹 Neither wanted a lavish affair these people are acting like $$$ proves your love for them well I can tell you that's untrue my Mum was my best friend and she knew that in life....

It seems the families are showing love and comfort for their love one’s sufferings. Bless them.

Is anyone going to talk about the plastic on the furniture?

No flowers at my funeral as a matter fact I don't even want to funeral donate my body to science

My Mom, brothers & I walked into the funeral home when my father died & said don’t take this the wrong way but we need the cheapest cremation, no coffin, & since you won’t put him in a coffee can a cheap urn because if we spend a penny more our Dad will haunt us. Thankfully you can now have a Catholic Mass when ur cremated. Then he wanted us to spend lots of cash on booze for a “wake” aka party, which we did. That was his wishes, we made him happy. (Love & miss you Da)

They put the ancient Egyptians to shame...

My favorite is Easton, and how he sacrificed so MUCH of his living expense on his beautiful mom's home going...I love him for that*

Can someone tell me where I can find Easton? He's absolutely adorable

So these poor people just kept on ice in the cooler while these elaborate funerals are planned? Awful!

Legend has it, Easton is still dancing!

These people have lost their minds. As long as you have pictures & love in your heart for that person, their spirit never dies. My brother is gone now 16yrs it still feels like yesterday. I still cry. It still sucks, it never gets easy, but this is a waste. I would think you'd put the money to good use like forming a trust or scholarship in his name donating to help fight against the disease that took him. Love them while they are alive & can appreciate the love you're giving. In turn you have peace in knowing that they KNOW you loved & cherished them. I find people that do these extraordinary things feel guilt in some part for not being there as much as they could or doing as much as they could while they were still on this earth. To me (jmo) this is crazy....how bout you pay for my education & student loans....that would be awesome....

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that funerals are not for the deceased person. They are for the living. It's a way to say goodbye and find some kind of closure. If this is what makes them feel better then so be it but damn. So much could have been done with that amount of money. I can't wrap my head around spending a fortune on a funeral. But if that's how they want to spend it I guess it isn't my business. However, they did make a documentary about their lavish ways so I guess they opened themselves up to criticism.

The traveler funeral ! Yeah we wanted to show how he lived his life! He was in and out of jail.

I am going to have a dog adoption and all my stuff is to be sold and donated to various dog charities then I will be cremated.

What a waste of money. The coffin rots, the flowers die within days and life goes on. My will states that I want have a cardboard coffin and a simple cremation.

Wait..6 weeks to plan a service🙆🏽

My Mom always says you give your family a nice funeral because it is the last thing you can do for them. We are from a poor area, but people here always try to do a nice funeral or at least the older generation did.

If people are this extravagant for a funeral, I wonder what they would do for a wedding because this took just about as much time and 💰!!!

Never in my life have I ever seen such a disgraceful waste of money. As a person with special needs, I think Uncle Nathan would have very much agreed on spending that money much more wisely. There are many poor people in the world and many wonderful organizations who could have used those funds. Horrendous story, and I haven't even watched the second one yet.

You will never know that feeling until you have to say goodbye to your LOVED ONE so if it makes them feel a little better to spend fortune on a funeral who are we to judge. Rest In Peace 💐

I'm sorry I think this is ridiculous in my opinion it's a waste of money it's not needed

Really interesting , I need to get my license and move there. I adore beautiful funerals.

This is ridiculous. Spend that money on a charity or the homeless. As sad as it is the dead don’t know. Can’t wrap my head around this. It’s very sad when we loose a loved one especially a child but wow. These people are crazy

you got the whole world with your flashy thingy and still you are on your own to your journey

Once your soul enters into eternity, NONE of this matters.

It's all love people Loooveeee We express love to our people in different ways

This was so nice. I really enjoyed this video!

. This is absolutely ridiculous to waste this much money on a funeral. The love and attention is done while alive not spend that kind of money on what is basically a circus around a deceased person.

Why would someone put another child before their own? just balance the love.

Well Covit has put stop to big funerals.

I love Easton's dancing at the end of the documentary 🙂

Yes, do as much as you can for BOTH parents while you are lucky enough to have them...spoil them...flowers, meals, poems letters, whatever. Now is your chance to learn all you can about your family history! Write it all down as they tell you. Go through old boxes of photos together and laugh together hoe fashions have changed, don’t end up with a box of photos, stern faces, happy faces, but no clue whether they are actual relatives even! Find out what jobs your parents used to do, and their parents etc etc..where your folks met. Where you all lived when you arrived. More flowers and perhaps a nice takeaway meal one night..save mum cooking, . If you have siblings, arrange for everyone to come for a family meal, rake away or whatever...sure your mum will say she wants to cook for you, but when you get older, it gets harder to cope, so help prep the veg etc, serving, clearing away, AND washing up! Talking to dad, see if he will tell you about any household repair jobs needing doing, he just doesn’t feel up to right now...arthritis playing up or whatever..again, if you have siblings or a Caring partner, see if you can tackle these to give him peace of mind, or find someone who can! Cut the grass for them, and/or hedges. We like to take pride in our homes abd gardens as we get older, but age and health issues appear when least expected, and try as we might, we just can’t get on top of things. You feel ashamed, then depressed about it all, when young people can whiz round like tornadoes and get things done by the time we make a cup of tea. ALL OF THESE MEMORIES will stay with you..the fact you cared enough to help, and most of all, spend some time with your older parents. Today’s world moves ahead at such a pace, especially with technology thst it gets away from us, trying to cope!. Little gestures . Made with love, flowers, lending a hand, and tine spent together make us older folk more happy than you realise, abd you will always remember and be thankful you did so in later years, when it’s your turn! Lol 💞💞💞

"over 1000 mourners" ...more like nosey gawkers....

This is crazy, only making the funeral homes rich! Leave money to your beloved ones who need it. Our bodies are only going to turn back to dust from which it was made.

13:30 In the USA you can ask to be part of preparing the body, so you can make sure the makeup is done correctly. Just an FYI. I'm guessing it is also the case in GB.