In the passage below, Ott explores the origins of the carved jack-o’-lantern, especially as it relates to the classic "Sleepy Hollow" legend. One of the best-known literary works in which a pump ...

Fall isn’t just about pumpkin spice lattes or sweater weather; you can also try out one of the 35 pumpkin nail designs. There are classic Jack-o’-lantern options and minimalist pumpkin dots.

The National Museum of Ireland—Country Life, near the town of Castlebar, displays a plaster cast of an early 1900s jack-o’-lantern, known as a “ghost turnip.” There’s no more classic ...

The term jack-o’-lantern was first applied to people, not pumpkins. As far back as 1663, the term meant a man with a lantern or a night watchman. Just a decade or so later, it began to be used ...

Maybe it's time to start thinking outside the gourd. "It's amazing how many variations of a classic jack-o-lantern can be done," said Marc Evan, co-founder of Maniac Pumpkin Carvers, a New York ...

I tend to choose strange and unconventional things to carve into my pumpkins, but every year I make sure to buy an extra perfectly rotund pumpkin to carve the classic Jack-o-lantern into.

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

Magic of the Jack O’Lanterns attendees will see pumpkins far more intricate than just classic jack o' lanterns. Some of the one-of-a-kind pumpkins feature artworks, characters, celebrities ...

Jack-o’-lanterns aren’t truly "alive" until they're lit up. Historically, this has been done using real candles, but these days, there are many more ways to set them aglow that don't involve ...