The jack-o’-lantern as a folk character originated in Ireland as a trickster forced to wander the netherworld after being banned from both heaven and hell for his ornery behavior. He had nothing ...

Halloween is not just a time for scary images, but also an opportunity to create decorations together as a family. To make a Halloween pumpkin, or jack-o'-lantern, you don’t necessarily need to ...

There have to be hundreds of jack-o’-lanterns across this Agawam front lawn. Don’t most of them look scary? The theme here is just as it reads “JACK-O’-LANTERN NIGHTS.” The carved ...

Pumpkins eh? here's proper scary, a traditional Irish Jack-O-Lantern made from a turnip. It dates from 1903 and was carved at Baile na Finne, Co. Donegal (it now resides at the Irish Museum of ...

Suddenly pumpkins don't seem so scary. “The term, Jack o’ Lanterns, takes its name from the folktale about Jack, who was welcome neither in Heaven or Hell and was destined to wander the ...

Pumpkin-carving templates for a creative Halloween. This Halloween, get creative with your jack-o’-lantern and get inspired by these pumpkin-carving templates.Once you’ve chosen a scary ...

The jack-o’-lantern as a folk character originated in Ireland as a trickster forced to wander the netherworld after being banned from both heaven and hell for his ornery behavior. He had nothing ...

Pumpkins are now one of the most recognizable symbols of Halloween, but they weren’t used as jack-o’-lanterns until the mid-19th century. How did pumpkins go from being an ordinary squash to a ...