Why Do We Carve Pumpkins at Halloween?

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Lit jack-o-lantern with a carved face sits on a wooden table surrounded by pumpkin pieces, plastic spiders, a knife, and a bowl of pumpkin pulp.

Pumpkin jack-o'-lantern carved for Halloween, lit from inside with candles.

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Pumpkin jack-o'-lantern carved for Halloween, lit from inside with candles.

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Lit jack-o-lantern with a carved face sits on a wooden table surrounded by pumpkin pieces, plastic spiders, a knife, and a bowl of pumpkin pulp.

Halloween: jack-o'-lantern

A pumpkin carved for Halloween.

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