Squash. Who helped the baby pumpkin cross the road? The crossing gourd. What do pumpkins say at happy hour? Let's get smashed. What did the jack-o'-lantern say to its barber? Surprise me!

Unlike so many crops that have been bred, selected, and nutritionally improved over the millennia, the jack-o'-lantern pumpkin of Halloween fame seems to have been developed with the express ...

Click through the slideshow below to view these unusual jack-o-lanterns, and head over to ... moments - from morning-after trash to a smashed pumpkin, we'd love to see your photos.

The Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off declared Travis Gienger's pumpkin the winner on Monday, weighing in at 2,560 pounds. But what happens to the 30 giant contestants, averaging around ...

While a typical jack-o’-lantern lasts about three days at best, there are some steps you can take to decelerate its demise → Connie Park Start with a pumpkin in peak shape. A fresh gourd has ...

If you get the pumpkin-carving scaries, fear no more. The trick to creating a great jack-o’-lantern is really quite simple: You need the right pumpkin-carving tools. Instead of cutting all the ...

For a little more fun, you can bring it to the New Orleans Public Library’s Pumpkin Smash from 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Nov. 5. Collaborating organization Compost Now! donates the smashed pumpkins ...

And why are carved pumpkins even called Jack-O'-Lanterns in the United States ... So the tradition still stands today, with the popularity of pumpkin carving travelling to the UK and around ...

About the time of the publication of Sleepy Hollow, the pumpkin first appeared in its incarnation as a jack-o’-lantern, although Halloween was not yet a part of Americans’ regular holiday ...