MINNEAPOLIS — With glowing eyes and a crooked smile, jack-o-lanterns crop up every Halloween, but where did the tradition come from? "Pumpkins derive from an old folktale that's found in hundreds of ...

Carved pumpkins are Halloween standards, but how did the jack-o'-lantern tradition get started? Learn about the history of Halloween and pumpkin carving. For many of us, carving pumpkins is a must-do ...

For many people, Halloween would not be complete without a jack-o'-lantern. This year, Americans are projected to spend $867 million on pumpkins, the vast majority of which will be used for decoration ...

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For many, Halloween isn’t complete without jack-o’-lanterns. Although the tradition of carving pumpkins has been around for centuries, it wasn’t always pumpkins that were being carved. The carving's ...

One might think that with the shortening days, extended nights, animals beginning to hibernate and dying plants all around, this would be a time of year I would find relentless in suffocating ...

For many people, Halloween would not be complete without a jack-o’-lantern. Americans are projected to spend more than $867 million on Halloween pumpkins this year, said University of Missouri ...

Halloween legend tells us that people used to put jack-o'-lanterns in the window to frighten away a character named Stingy Jack, who wandered the Earth, carrying a turnip lit by an ember from the hot ...

Halloween is only days away! While it's really one day of fun at the end of October, lovers of the holiday have probably had their front porches decked out to the gills with cute Halloween decorations ...

Halloween is just one day away, and if you haven't carved that pumpkin yet, don't worry. There's still time. However, this is an instance where your procrastination may pay off as you can choose to ...