What is Halloween without pumpkins? A distinctly American tradition, one of the first literary references to carving a pumpkin is from the poet John Greenleaf Whittier (b. 1806) who wrote in his 1850 poem, "The Pumpkin" 'Oh!—fruit loved of boyhood!—the days recalling, When wood-grapes were purpling and brown nuts were falling! When wild, ugly faces we carved in its skin, Glaring out through the dark with a candle within!' Our paper pulp pumpkins are made using original American designs which date to the 20's and 30's, the Golden Age of Halloween decorations. Paper lanterns were very popular from the turn-of-last-century till the late 1930's, and we love the haunting look of a glowing lantern displayed on a porch or hanging in the branches of a tree on All Hallow's Eve.