CDHM The Miniature Way
October 2010, Issue 9
Foods In Miniature
Page 28

By Linda Cummings, IGMA Fellow
Staff Writer

Ghosts, ghouls, black cats and witches
Vampires and mummies wrapped up in stitches
Things that go "bump" in the night
Even your food can give you a fright!

Pumpkins carved into all kinds of menacing faces have become symbolic of Hallowe'en and can be traced back hundreds of years to the Celts who inhabited Britain and Northern France. The Celts carried lanterns, in those days carved from turnips and not pumpkins, on All Hallows Eve, the time they believed that the border between this world and the spirit world became thin and the evil spirits could pass through. Their belief was that the carved faces of the jack o' lanterns would keep these wandering evil spirits on October 31st away!