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Halloween Pumpkins: Jack-O-Lantern

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Halloween (also known as All Saints’ Day) is celebrated across the world from the United States,Canada, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Japan, Australia, United Kingdom to parts of New Zealand on the last day of October. The most prominent symbol of Halloween has to be the carved orange pumpkin lit by a candle inside on every house’s doorstep.

The carved pumpkin is also called a jack-o-lantern, which got it’s origin from Europe. The European used to carve lanterns from turnips or rutabaga back in the days believing that the head was the most powerful part of the body with the spirit and the knowledge to frighten off any superstitions. The named jack-o-lantern traced back the Irish legend of Stingy Jack. The story of Jack, a greedy, gambler, hard-drinking old farmer has been summarized by Wikipedia as follows:

He tricked the devil into climbing a tree and trapped him by carving a cross into the tree trunk. In revenge, the devil placed a curse on Jack, condemning him to forever wander the earth at night with the only light he had: a candle inside of a hallowed turnip.

To celebrate Halloween with you all, I have compiled a number of creative pumpkin artworks for you to enjoy. Have a horrific Halloween!

State Fair of Texas

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Harry Potter Pumpkins

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VOTE!!

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HALLOWEEN AWAKENING

16 Responses so far
  1. Jage on

    What the meaning of Halloween word ? Hallo and Ween (win) maybe :D

  2. SweetMonkey on

    History of Name from Wikipedia:
    The term Halloween is shortened from All Hallows’ Even (both “even” and “eve” are abbreviations of “evening,” but “Halloween” gets its “n” from “even”) as it is the eve of “All Hallows’ Day,”which is now also known as All Saints’ Day.

    SM

  3. Lanny on

    Ike all of the above-given pumkins. I wish I had at least the one this Haloween

  4. Nicole Price on

    Good ones; some of them are really topical and current too. I suppose pumpkins are a great way for people to express their creativity.

  5. Dining Room Table on

    Sorry I missed out during the week end! Anyway, the specimens shown here need a lot of patience to carve but, if you can do them, they will be the talk of the neighborhood!

  6. John on

    That video is great. The pictures are good too! Bit depressing I didn’t have a pumkin this year though!
    John

  7. cat on

    I always liked to make pumpkins, but mine have never been as great as on the pictures

  8. cat on

    I always liked to make pumpkins, but mine have never been as great as on the pictures, next year i’ll try to dop better

  9. answers to questions on

    Those are some amazing designs

  10. Nicole Price on

    As for the McCain / Obama pumpkin, there is only one relevant pumpkin there i guess ;) !

  11. music news on

    Those are some kick ass designs.. It must have taken hours

  12. Cashmere Lashkari on

    I wasn’t too familiar with this story of Jack, I had heard of the jackolanterns, but did not know why they were used.

  13. Cashmere Lashkari on

    The Harry Potter ones are very good, or maybe i like them coz i’m such a fan of the books.

  14. KiwiPulse on

    I had a little problem with my internet modem. It was broken which I needed to wait for my internet provider to send me a new one. I’m happy to be able to connect on internet and blog again. Its in that kind of moment you realize how dependent we are face to internet. I can’t see my life without internet.. :o

  15. Paid Online Free Surveys on

    Thats funny. I came across a McCain pumpkin while taking my niece trick or treating. The first pumpkin is impressive!

  16. legalgist on

    Those are some unbelievable designs. Amazing.

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