Halloween question

[whiskyinmind]

Right. Here's a question for you: sis is doing a halloween party and has a book with instructions to make 'jack's lanterns' out of tin cans. What are they for? Why are they full of ice? Are they just for decoration or what?

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[waddis.livejournal.com]

Assuming that the confusion is a difference in Scottish and North American Halloween tradition, Jack o' Lanterns are objects, typically pumpkins, with carvings of faces or pictures in the side. The interior is then illuminated, so that the face or image glows at night.

Also, Google is showing me that a "Jack's Lantern" is a pumpkin ale, but I'm pretty sure you'd need more than just a tin can to make that.

Hope that helps.

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

waddis is right. Here in the USA, we carve Jack O' Lanterns from pumpkins and sometimes put a candle or light inside to illuminate them at night. (You can also buy plastic Jack O' Lanterns which are made to look like pumpkins).


Gabrielle