A pop-up pumpkin patch is set up for Halloween in Times Square a in New York, the United States, Oct. 29, 2015. Visitors can pick from tons of free pumpkins and enjoy live pumpkin carvings. Association of pumpkins with harvest time and pumpkin pie at American Thanksgiving reinforce its iconic role.
Pumpkin Festival 2015 held in Laconia, New Hampshireis officially registered with Guinness as a World Record Attempt. Registration is required to vie for the Guinness World Record for the most lit jack-o’-lanterns in one place—a record recaptured from Boston by Keene in 2013 (30,581).