Pumpkins on Parade 2009

A young girl tries to pull out a pumpkin from the patch while visiting Councell Farms in Cordova, Md., Oct. 10, 2010. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Halloween pumpkins and ghoulish mannequins decorate the amusement park "Tivoli" in central Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, for a 10-day celebration of the Halloween season, during the school autumn holidays.

Illuminated pumpkins are displayed at "The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze" Halloween event in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Painted faces adorn pumpkins at Smolak Farms in North Andover, Mass., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009.

A young boy plays with pumpkins at Fresh Farms market in Chicago, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009.

Sheyla Posadas, 2, shops pumpkins at Fresh Farms market in Chicago, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009.

Six-month-old Airelle McDonald sits in a pumpkin costume, surrounded by pumpkins, at Saunders Farm in Munster, Ontario, just west of Ottawa, Canada, Sunday, Oct 18, 2009.

A spread of pumpkins for sale for the Halloween season are arranged under the buckeye tree in the yard of R.J. and Pam Volz along Main Street in Evans City, Pa., Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009.

John Janiszyn, of Walpole, N.H., lines up pumpkins for sale along the side of the road in Walpole, N.H. Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.

A tractor pulls a group of children on a hay ride through the pumpkin patch at Smolak Farms in North Andover, Mass., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009.

A gorilla eats treats from a pumpkin carved to resemble a bat, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, at the Cincinnati Zoo in Cincinnati.

Lisa Evans, of Roslindale, Mass., leads Peter Geiger, of Lewiston, Maine, during the paddleboat competition at the fourth annual Damariscotta Pumpkinfest Regatta, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in Damariscotta, Maine.

Buzz Pinkham shouts during the motorized competition at the fourth annual Damariscotta Pumpkinfest Regatta, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in Damariscotta, Maine.

The top four "most beautiful pumpkins" are raised on forklifts at the Half Moon Bay 36th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday Oct. 12, 2009. The pumpkin second from the left won the contest.

Farmer Don Young, from Des Moines, Iowa, stands next to his winning pumpkin at the Half Moon Bay 36th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Calif. ,on Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. Young's pumpkin weighed in at 1658 pounds, breaking the all previous records.

A giant pumpkin dropped from a height of about 200 feet is about to hit a police cruiser during the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest, Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, in Damariscotta, Maine.

Snow flakes coat pumpkins on a wagon at Hanson's Farm during an early fall snowfall in Framingham, Mass., Friday, Oct. 16, 2009.

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