The Sleepy History of Jack O’Lanterns
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Narrator: Arif Hodzic 🇺🇸

Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️

Sound design: Autumn countryside ambience, owl hooting 🍂🦉

*Includes mentions of: Magic, Nostalgia, Children, Ghosts, Eerie Scenes, Death, Autumn, Fire, Witches, Fantastical Creatures, Halloween, Religious Traditions, US History, Darkness, Farming, Americana, Folklore, Literature & Literary History, Devil. *

Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll go on a romp through history to find out where the jack o’ lantern came from. Who first thought to carve a face into a vegetable, and how did the comical orange pumpkin become synonymous with the art and with Halloween? 😴

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