Corinne carved a pumpkin this afternoon. Here's a video of the cosmetic surgery.From what I read, the original Jack-o-Lanterns were carved from turnips and lit with embers. The pumpkinized form is a mostly American tradition. The tradition started with Irish and Scottish immigrants and their stories of Jack of the Lantern, a fella who'd tricked the devil and peeved God and wasn't allowed into either Heaven or Hell. Jack was left to wander the Earth with his turnip-ember lantern. Or so they say.
I love the Halloween holiday, but it depresses me to see stores full of prefab cutesie crap merchandise. It ruins the mood for me.
Some Halloween links:
- Wikipedia 'Halloween'
- Wikipedia 'Jack-o-Lantern'
- Zadi's 'halloweenvlogfest2005' collection
- Blip.tv 'halloween'-tagged videos
- halloweenvlogfest2005 via Technocrati
- A Samhain/Halloween e-card by yours truly
- Halloween drawing on SITO by the late James Widmark.
James, I miss you most around Halloween.
1 comments:
that's one jacked up pumpkin!
and bug did a fine job of supervising.
are y'all dressing up this year?
cor the clown again, maybe?
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