Why do we carve pumpkins on Halloween?

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American Public Media

Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.4 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Joy’s ready for some Halloweeny fun, but her jack-o’-lantern pal Lionel wants to skip the whole thing. He doesn’t understand why carving pumpkins is such an important Halloween tradition! Why don’t we just paint faces on bananas and call it a day?Lucky for Lionel, Joy and co-host Baron are ready to explain the twisty history of jack-o’-lanterns! First, they’ll wade into the history of ignus fatuus, a mysterious blue light seen in bogs at night and the creepy myth it inspired! Then they’ll explore pumpkin pranks in early America and learn how carving pumpkins came to be associated with Halloween. All that, plus a sweet new First Things First featuring Halloween candy!

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1:27.0	Hey Parents, just a heads up before we get started. This episode covers the history of jack-o-lanerns. We talk about some myths and
1:35.1	Halloweeny stuff. So feel free to skip if you're not into that kind of thing.
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