Oct
12Carving Pumpkins: How To Carve A Traditional Jack-O-Lantern
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If you ever wanted to know how to carve a traditional jack-o-lantern, here it is. It’s a really nice skill to pass on. It’s very simple, very easy and it can be done in an hour.
Would you believe that Halloween has been celebrated for over two hundred years? Would you believe that it was celebrated for much longer than that in Ireland? Yes, it’s true. This wonderful tradition originated on shores far, far away. And wouldn’t you know it, but Ireland didn’t even have pumpkins back then. Really. They used carved out beets or turnips for lanterns. When Irish families came to America and discovered the gigantic pumpkin, they marveled at its size and at how easy it was to carve. From then on, pumpkins became the choice vessel for the ever changing face of jack-o-lanterns.
