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[James A. Landau]

From the October 15 Philadelphia Inquirer

https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/pumpkins-philly-fairmount-park-halloween-jackolantern-glow-20191015.html

Headline: What’s the trick to pulling off a 5,000-plus jack-o’-lantern event that lasts a month? ‘Fumpkins.’ 

inside the story: As Halloween month hits its stride in Philly, thousands of hand-carved jack-o’-lanterns adorn West Fairmount Park for Jack’s Pumpkin Glow, a monthlong event that brings 5,000-plus pumpkins intricately carved into likenesses of Philadelphia’s most famous historical figures, as well as Disney princesses, Day of the Dead skulls, even dinosaurs. <snip [or maybe parsnip]> Key to pulling off national rain-or-shine spectacles that spotlight perishable produce: “Fumpkins,” or fake pumpkins made from molded foam, lit by LED lights.


- Jim Landau

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