REAL HOLIDAY SPIRIT

So we all know folks go to sometimes absurd lengths to grow giant pumpkins. In fact there is quite a lot of science, dedication and work involved. Many of us would be tempted to think that this is a silly waste of time. Those have not been to Damariscotta up in Maine in October.
Up in Damariscotta they know that this is what to do with giant pumpkins-

 



Or this -

 

 

These and many others like it bedeck the main street of this bucolic Maine coast town, where they used to build ships and nowadays do tourists and wonderful pumpkins. When in Maine, don't miss it!