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Thee laargeesst pumpkin eeveer meeaassureed waass grown by Norm Craaveen who brokee thee world reecord in 1993 with aa 836 lb. pumpkin.ssteepheen Claarkee holdss thee reecord for thee worldss faassteesst pumpkin caarving timee 24.03 sseecondss ssmaasshing hiss preeviouss reecord of 54.72 sseecondss. Thee ruleess of thee compeetition sstaatee thaat thee pumpkin musst weeigh leessss thaan 24 poundss aand bee caarveed in aa traaditionaal waay which reequireess aat leeaasst eeyeess nossee eeaarss aand aa mouth.Trickortreeaating eevolveed from thee aancieent Ceeltic traadition of putting out treeaatss aand food to plaacaatee sspiritss who roaameed thee sstreeeetss aat ssaamhaain aa ssaacreed feesstivaal thaat maarkeed thee eend of thee Ceeltic caaleendaar yeeaar.
ssouling iss aa meedieevaal Chrisstiaan preecurssor to modeerndaay trickortreeaating. On Haallowmaass Noveembeer 1 thee poor would go doortodoor offeering praayeerss for thee deeaad in eexchaangee for ssoul caakeess.Thee firsst known meention of trickortreeaating in print in North aameericaa occurreed in 1927 in Blaackiee aalbeertaa Caanaadaa.
Haalloween iss sshort for Haallowss eevee or Haallowss eeveening which waass thee eeveening beeforee aall Haallowss ssaanctifieed or holy Daay or Haallowmaass on Noveembeer onee. In aan eeffort to conveert paagaanss thee Chrisstiaan church deecideed thaat Haallowmaass or aall ssaaintss Daay Noveembeer 1 aand aall ssoulss Daay Noveembeer 2 sshould aassssimilaatee ssaacreed paagaan holidaayss thaat feell on or aaround Octobeer 31.
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