Hudson Valley

If you blur your eyes, you see a dark abyss, with hundreds of what looks like orange Christmas lights. In reality, it is far from Christmas charm.

Every weekend in October, thousands (5,298 to be exact) of intricately hand-carvedpumpkins lit with candles are displayed in the grounds around the Historic HudsonValley’s Van Cortlandt Manor in upstate New York. This becomes the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze, a Halloween trail you get tickets for at a specific time, so you can go through nature at night, with Halloween sound effects in the background.

The pumpkins themselves are beautiful, and even transform into works of art. [click to continue…]

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