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 ...

But what is it about the crisp air, changing leaves, and end of summer that urges us to break out the carving knives and carve jack-o’-lanterns? Halloween is filled with odd traditions ...

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For [Rick]’s number four hack of the month he gives us the Fire Breathing Jack-O-Lantern of death! This isn’t a new idea but it is a very unique and simple implementation. We always love ...

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 ...

It turns out that once Halloween is over and our jack-o’-lanterns are shriveled and deflated, we aren’t supposed to throw them in the trash. Pumpkins that are tossed in a landfill can’t ...

Oh My Gourd! The Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Story is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV ...

v=ZxhLMC6zip4] I’m going to take you down the rabbit hole of LED Matrix design but before that let’s look at what it took to make this Jack-‘o-lantern. If it turns out to be more than you ...

Alex Royle for The New York Times Varun Kataria, in a Jack-o’-lantern-inspired crop top that complemented his orange boots, in Brooklyn on June 25. Alex Royle for The New York Times Jack ...