Top 10 Jack O'Lantern Festivals
Haunted houses are a dime a dozen. Not to mention, they’re too scary for pre-schoolers, if you own some. That’s where “Jack” comes in. Refreshingly light on fright, spellbinding displays of Jack O’Lanterns have sprung up all over the country, offering a more artistic, interactive, and engaging Halloween event the whole family can enjoy. Each year, they get bigger, with bragging rights going to the Keene Pumpkin Festival in New Hampshire, which now features over 22,000 carved creations.
Jack O’Lanterns weren’t even associated with Halloween until the mid 1800’s. The practice of carving lanterns from gourds and other vegetables had a long history in the United Kingdom before that. Now of course, it has elevated to craft, limited only by the carver’s imagination.
Here are ten of this year’s largest Jack O’Lantern festivals, each showcasing at least 1,000 or more glowing gourds.
Find out which festival you’d like to go to this year by reading the full story on either:
DivineCaroline.com
TravelSavvyMom.com
Title: Top Ten Jack O’Lantern Festivals
Author: Traci L. Suppa
Publications/Websites: DivineCaroline and Travel Savvy Mom
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