Why pumpkins on Halloween?

The origin of pumpkins comes from the Celtic people. With the arrival of autumn, the Irish had a tradition of carving faces on their turnips to commemorate the passage to the new Celtic year.

When Irish immigrants arrived in the United States, they saw that the country was rich in pumpkin production and adopted it as a symbol of its legend.

Since on October 31st, Halloween, is the day the dead get free passes to visit their loved ones on earth, the pumpkins were carved and lit that day to guide their paths.

Over the years, the Irish have increased the legend by naming Jack O'Lanterns for the pumpkins.

Legend has it that Jack was a man who liked to drink, and deceived the devil several times not to be taken to hell. Until the day he died from drinking so much. His entrance into heaven was denied as well as in hell. Since then Jack's soul has been wandering with candles inside the pumpkins to illuminate his troubled soul.