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Funny Pumpkin Face Christmas Ornament from Merck Family's Old World Christmas, made of mouth blown glass and hand painted pumpkin ornament with silly face and goofy grin. Jack O'Lanterns come from the Irish legend of "Stingy Jack," a man so mean the devil wouldn't let him into hell, so he was forced to roam the earth with a carved turnip and a piece of coal for a lantern and was called "Jack of the Lantern." Thus began the carving of pumpkins as Jack O'Lanterns to place in windows to scare away evil spirits.