Pumpkins!!

Carving pumpkins (and roasting the seeds) is another Mazurak tradition, but we would always carve them on the Halloween Night between school and the Annual Bedford Costume Parade.  Let your inner Martha Steward out - you know she is in there, begging to get her hands on a pumpkin!

First check out this History Channel video about the pumpkin

 

According to Wikipedia: "The tradition of carving a lantern started in Scotland and Ireland where it was traditionally carved from a turnip, and in England where a beet was used.  They were created on All Hallows' Eve and left on the door step to ward off evil spirits.  An offering or, as we now know it, a "treat", would also be commonly left to placate roaming sprites and evil spirits — otherwise they might 'fiddle' with property or livestock (play a "trick").  Once the tradition moved to the US, it was adapted to carving the fruit of the pumpkin plant as they were more readily available, bigger and easier to carve."

Now check out these great pumpkin: