10/20/2025
The tradition of carving Jack-o’-Lanterns began in Ireland, where people used turnips instead of pumpkins. It comes from the legend of Stingy Jack, a man who tricked the Devil and was doomed to wander the Earth after death. To light his way, the Devil gave him a burning coal inside a carved turnip. People then started carving scary faces into turnips to scare away evil spirits.