Have you been growing pumpkins in your garden? Now that's it's September, you might have been noticing that they are turning into something resembling pumpkins by now. But how much do you really know about pumpkins? They are an American product, which is why we use them in the Thanksgiving feast. But first, you want to designate the perfectly-shaped pumpkin for a Jack-o-lantern for Halloween. Pumpkins are so closely related to Halloween that this video has to veer into the history of Halloween to explain why we make Jack-o-lanterns out of pumpkins, which is also an American thing. Europeans used turnips!