Why is the pumpkins in halloween

These plants are native to Central America and Mexico, but now grow on six continents—all but Antarctica. Indigenous North Americans have grown pumpkins for thousands of years—even before the cultivation of beans and corn. According to the U. Agriculture Census, Illinois is the largest producer of pumpkins in the United States.

It harvests twice as many pumpkin acres as any of the other top-producing states. The heaviest pumpkin was grown in Belgium in and weighed a whopping 2, pounds. The heaviest pumpkin in the U. The largest pumpkin pie ever baked was in Ohio in In ancient times in Ireland, the Celts celebrated Samhain.

This was a festival to celebrate the harvest and the coming of the dark and cold winter. It was the equivalent of the Celtic New Year. Winter often met starvation and freezing. Many people died during this time and the celts associated death with winter. Since it represented death, they believed this time was when the veil between the living and dead was at its thinnest.

They were able to walk around and cause trouble with people and the crops. It was also when Celtic priests believed they could best divine the future. Fast forward and few hundred years and Rome conquered the Celts and combined some of the Celtic religious festivals with their own.

Moreover, we have a acre pumpkin patch where you can pick the perfect pumpkins to carve and celebrate Halloween. We also have many different events going on including our corn maze, wagon rides, and more. We also have all kinds of fall decorations available from gourds and corn stalks to hay bales. Our pumpkin patch is available for picking from September October The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit.

Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell.

He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with ever since.