PUMPKIN LIGHTS - Jack O' Lanterns

Jack O' Lanterns are such a sight at Pumpkin Lights and Halloween Night!

Jack O' Lanterns hava a very interesting story.
Jack was a poor Irish soul who was denied entrance to heaven and hell and had to wander around for all eternity with a lantern carved from a turnip (not a pumpkin), with a candle inside to light his way. Jack had forced the devil into a pact that would spare him from ever going to hell, but because of Jack's stinginess he was denied entrance to heaven as well.
Thus, Jack wandered around earth for all eternity with his Jack O' Lantern.
From 1845 - 1850, during the Irish Potato Famine, over 700,000 Irish immigrated to America and bought this tradition to the United States, but the Turnips, Rutabegas and gourds were quickly replaced with Pumpkins for the Jack O' Lanterns.

The way to make a Jack O' Lantern out of a Pumpkin is to cut off the top and stem, clean out the interior and seeds,
hollow out the shell and decorativley carve the pumpkin, usually with shapes of funny or scary looking faces.
More recently, different complex designs may be carved by using stencils and special carving instruments.
Traditionally a real candle, either a votive candle or tea light is placed inside the Jack O' Lantern to light it up like a Lantern and cast erie shadows all about during Halloween season. If real candles are used, they should never be unsupervised,
and a chimney should be carved into the lid to let heat escape.

Now there is a new and safer way to light your Jack O' Lanterns.
Pumpkinlights.com has the "Artificial Candle Pumpkin Light" which is battery operated and flickers like a real candle with three bright yellow LED light bulbs. They also have a new Popular item called th "Amazing Rainbow Pumpkin Light" which is also battery operated but changes seven different colors creating a really cool effect for your Jack O' Lantern.
These lights will run for well over 72 hours and are available exclusively from PumpkinLights.com.

The term Jack-O-Lantern actually means Night Watchman or Man with a Lantern, with the earliest use in Newfoundland in the mid-17th century, regarding the will-o'-the-wisp type phenomena, rather than a carved Jack O' Lantern.
Will O The Wisp refers to ghostly lights that hover over damp ground or bogs in still air during twilight or at night,
which looks like a flickering lamp and seems to go away when approached. There are scientific possiblilities for this, but folklore says that it is mischievous spirits of the dead or supernatural beings who try to lead travellers astray,
also know as "Corpse Candles" , "Hobby Lanterns", or "Jacky Lanterns". In America, the Carved Pumpkin was also long associated with the harvest season even before it became a popular Halloween emblem.
Now the Jack O' Lantern has become one of the most beloved Halloween Icons,
with children and adults alike enjoying carving out their Jack O' Lanterns in the most simple and intricate designs.

Pumpkinlights.com has the Amazing Rainbow Pumpkin Light for your Jack O' Lantern!