Happy Halloween! In the British Isles, jack-o’-lanterns were carved from root vegetables like turnips, beets, and potatoes. Immigrants from those countries to the U.S. used the native pumpkin instead and, by the mid-19th century, pumpkin carving was a Halloween tradition.
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