Halloween legend tells us that people used to put jack-o'-lanterns in the window to frighten away a character named Stingy Jack, who wandered the Earth, carrying a turnip lit by an ember from the hot ...

“In every ancient pagan tradition worldwide, people honor their dead, their ancestors,” says Cerridwen Fallingstar, Witch, teacher, and author of Broth from the Cauldron: A Wisdom Journey through ...

A Minnesota fire chief had a unique way of warning against the use of lit candles inside jack-o’-lanterns this Halloween, using his fire hose to jokingly target a fellow firefighter. “Don’t you know ...

Nearly anyone with a pumpkin, knife and tea candle can make their own jack-o'-lantern. But to make Jack O'Lantern World, the monthlong festival which kicks off at Lake Zurich's Paulus Park Friday, ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — When you think of Halloween decorations and symbols, probably one of the first images that comes to mind is the Jack-o’-Lantern. While it mainly began from Irish tradition, the ...

What is Halloween without a jack-o'-lantern? The tradition of lighting a fire inside a vegetable is thought to be an ancient one originating in the Celtic traditions of Ireland and Scotland. Those ...

We’re not talking here about carving an old-fashioned spooky face with triangular eyes and a jagged, toothy grin into a pumpkin patch find with a dull butcher knife. No, we’re talking about trying to ...

Spooky season unfortunately is wrapping up and jack-o'-lanterns, and pumpkins across Indiana will soon be losing decorative ground against tinsel and boughs of holly. Once all the candy is passed out ...

Halloween is just two weeks away; yet, for those wanting to get creative and carve a pumpkin, keeping the jack-o’-lantern fresh and uneaten by local wildlife until the holiday can be trickier than the ...

Halloween is just over two weeks away. For anyone wanting to join in the festivities and carve a pumpkin, keeping the jack-o’-lantern fresh and uneaten by wildlife until the holiday can be tricky.