Good Question: How Did Pumpkins Become The Symbol Of Halloween?

By Heather Brown, CBS Minnesota

November 3, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Like trees for Christmas, or eggs for Easter, pumpkins pop up everywhere around Halloween.

But how did pumpkins become the symbol of Halloween? Good Question.

We use pumpkins for a lot of things: Backdrops for cute kid photos, delicious pumpkin pie, and, of course, the "PSL."

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