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...trick” than the “treat.” Feeling cheapened by this “Shalloween” alternative, we braved the downpours of Saturday afternoon to recapture the substance of the holiday: that meaty, orange pulp found in the perfect pumpkin. With our friends Stollichnaya and Cheddar Ted, we hit up Boston Common for the Life is good® Pumpkin Festival 2005. The goal was to set the Guinness world record for most lit jack o’ lanterns in one place (28,925!), but also to raise awareness and funds for Camp Sunshine...
...generation corn farmer Paul Siegel says working the land will always be his true love. "There's nothing like planting a seed, nurturing it and harvesting it," says the owner of Siegel's Cottonwood Farms in Crest Hill, Ill., near Chicago. But Siegel admits that it is his annual Pumpkin Fest that keeps his farm afloat. Started in 1990, with a pumpkin patch and hayrides, Siegel's fall festival has mushroomed into a full-fledged theme park complete with haunted barns, a petting zoo, a 10-acre corn maze and snacks such as smoked turkey legs, kettle corn and funnel...
...PUMPKIN REVELRY...
Keene, N.H., takes its pumpkins seriously. It fell short of its usual record-breaking display of jack-o'-lanterns last year when the townsfolk gathered a mere 27,584 carved pumpkins (1,368 below their 2003 world record). They'll be going for the gold again on Oct. 22, amid pumpkin-carving, pie-eating and seed-spitting contests, orange fireworks and lots of pumpkin soup and cookies. --By Lisa McLaughlin...
...sole flaw is its location way over in South Boston. It’s near the Symphony T stop, though, and the music gets cooking as early as 9 p.m., so the subway-bound can still get plenty of grooving in before their coach turns into a pumpkin. Sunday afternoons have an added bonus: a 4-7 p.m. sit-in jam session, open to anyone...