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A traditional American jack-o'-lantern, made from a pumpkin, lit from within by a candle A picture carved onto a jack-o'-lantern for Halloween. A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin, or formerly a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel, rutabaga or turnip. [1]
Our country's pumpkin-carving history began with a spooky tale. The post The History of Jack-o-Lanterns and How They Became a Halloween Tradition appeared first on Reader's Digest.
One of the earliest examples of the pumpkin as a jack-o’-lantern is an 1846 newspaper account called “The Jack o’Lantern,” about a young boy taking a pumpkin that a farmer did not “make ...
Americans spent around $377 million on jack-o’-lanterns during the Halloween season last year. Americans shell out over $3.2 billion on Halloween costumes each year. In 2023, 70% of Americans ...
Not until 1837 does jack-o'-lantern appear as a term for a carved vegetable lantern, [52] and the carved pumpkin lantern association with Halloween is recorded in 1866. [53] The traditional American pumpkin used for jack-o-lanterns is the Connecticut field variety.
Jack-o'-lanterns are traditionally carried by guisers on All Hallows' Eve in order to frighten evil spirits. [75] [148] There is a popular Irish Christian folktale associated with the jack-o'-lantern, [149] which in folklore is said to represent a "soul who has been denied entry into both heaven and hell": [150]
Carved pumpkins are Halloween standards, but how did the jack-o'-lantern tradition get started? Learn about the history of Halloween and pumpkin carving.
Parsing down the immense group we generically refer to as pumpkins offers a ton of variety. And they break down into several distinct categories: