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Pumpkin Carving, 1967

January 17th, 2010 by John Wolfe

The more old Halloween home movies I watch on YT, the more I see families grow and change right before my eyes. Many of these movies include Halloween and Christmas together, and they cover several years in a matter of minutes, as is the case with today’s entry. The little boy helping his mom carve the pumpkin in 1967, appears to be the same boy (seven years older) during the additional 1974 Christmas footage.

Source: YT user, thetransferplace

This particular film took me back to my own memories of carving one of my first jack-o-lanterns with my grandpa in 1977 or ’78. Is it just me, or did pumpkins (the gourds themselves, not the style of carving) look different in the ’60s and ’70s? Something about them seems different than the typical pumpkins we find for sale today.

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Jack-O-Lantern Log Sculpture

November 12th, 2009 by John Wolfe

The extremely talented chainsaw artist, Michael Higgins is featured in this video sculpting an awesome jack-o-lantern from an old log. The video has been broken into four parts. I’ve included Part 1 and Part 4. If you’re interested in seeing the entire creative process, you can catch it all on TheHalloweenOutlet’s You Tube Page.

For a video featuring even more of Michael’s awesome Halloween wood creations, check out michaelhigginsart on You Tube.

Video Source: You Tube user, TheHalloweenOutlet

Speaking of Halloween Outlet, I can’t say enough nice things about the owner, Janice Arvanigian. She came through in a big way for me this Halloween season (regarding several Halloween CDs) and I can’t thank her enough.

While Halloween Outlet (link takes you to their website) doesn’t provide mail-order for their items, if you’re ever in Worcester, Massachusetts, I highly recommend checking out their gigantic year round shop.

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