How to cut a pumpkin for Halloween

On the threshold of Halloween. Our video instructions will teach you how to make the most popular decoration for the holiday, which is called Jack-lantern.

Do you know why a pumpkin with a candle inside? It symbolizes the lost damned soul. Here is how it was. There once was a boozer named Jack and nicknamed Stingy. Once, on the eve of All Saints' Day, he drank away all the money at the bar. There also looked devil. he could walk around freely among the living on this day.

For the sake of another mug of ale Jack was ready for anything, even sell his soul to the devil. They made a deal: he became a coin, and Jack, without further ado, threw the coin into his pocket, where just a cross lay.

The devil was trapped - "in Christ's bosom." He writhed in agony and begged for mercy. Then Jack made him promise that he will live for many years and his soul does not go to hell. The Devil agreed. When Jack came time to leave this world, his soul got to purgatory, but in heaven, and he was not allowed to hell the road was closed. But the devil gave Jack Hells fire, so that he could travel on land and in the darkness.

Here is a legend. In fact, Jack lights were first used in the UK and made from swedes and turnips. It was believed that this will help to drive away evil spirits from the house. When Halloween caught on in the US, lamps were made of cheaper and affordable pumpkin.

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