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How pumpkin carving became a Halloween tradition?

With glowing eyes and a crooked smile, jack-o-lanterns crop up every Halloween, but where did the tradition come from?

"Pumpkins derive from an old folktale that's found in hundreds of variants around the world, and it's centered around a character named Jack, or Stingy Jack or Jack the Trickster," Lisa Morton, author and Halloween expert, said.

The story goes that after Jack dies, he is rejected from heaven and hell. The devil gives him a single ember which he puts in a carved-out gourd to light his way as he roams the earth forever.

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