Every Halloween season, carved pumpkins can be found lighting up porches and doorways nearly everywhere you turn. What’s a fun, annual tradition for many actually dates back hundreds of years, and ...

Halloween is upon us, but what about this holiday makes Americans spend billions of dollars each year. According to the National Retail Federation, Americans are expected to spend an estimated $3.5 ...

Halloween is fast approaching. I remember, as a child, going to my grandparents’ house and ringing the front door, then running to the back door to surprise them. The problem is that they met us at ...

For many of us, carving pumpkins is an essential Halloween tradition we engage in every year. But have you ever wondered how this custom started? The Halloween we celebrate today traces all the way ...

Carving pumpkins is a favorite pastime around Halloween, but the origins of the tradition are more sinister than you might think. Jack-o’-lanterns come from Ireland, specifically the Irish legend of a ...

One of the most recognizable symbols of Halloween is a pumpkin carved into a jack-o'-lantern. But how many of us really know why or when the jack-o'-lantern tradition began? Or whether the pumpkin is ...

Halloween is a holiday filled with fun traditions, from trick or treating to dressing up to bobbing for apples. One of my favorite Halloween holiday traditions is carving pumpkins, though this leads ...