And there’s nothing quite like the feeling of sinking your forearm into orange pulp!

Yes, too right!

Oh how lovely! Happy birthday!

Yes, we’ve heard this from others too. Do you celebrate Bonfire Night?

Yes, definitely. We think the result might’ve been different had we been able to survey younger people.

That’s a really good point. With Halloween often falling in half term, we wonder how much Halloween activity is actually related to entertaining children!

Halloween as it stands now is certainly influenced by American culture, but Mischief Night, Guising and other events related to how we perform Halloween today has roots in England. People in England carved turnips, swedes and other root vegetables before pumpkins took hold, for example.

Quite possibly. We do wonder whether age is the underlying factor here - if our survey could’ve questioned young people (under 16s) then the result might’ve been different.

Now that’s impressive! And mind bending…

Whoa! That’s intense! Do you still experience it today? If not, when do you think it eased?

A huge thanks to Jonny Ford for the gorgeous illustrations and animation

That’s so cool!

Terrifying! Love them!

Definitely more terrifying, somehow.

How did the pumpkin cross go down with your mum?!

Their little faces! 🥹

Now they look the part. Were they tough to carve?

Ahhh those eyes looking different ways! 🥹