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Metz | 00:07 Sun 24th Dec 2006 | History
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Why do we carve pumpkins for halloween?
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In the UK, we used to use turnips (swedes). They weren't readily available to early European settlers in the US, but pumpkins were, so they used them instead.
As to why, there's a bit of the history here
14:36 Sun 24th Dec 2006
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Beets were used when I was younger..hard to hollow out but still effective
00:41 Mon 25th Dec 2006

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