“Remember the windmill?” my older child said as we drove into the parking lot a few weeks ago. We change, but much of the event does not, and there’s a wonderful comfort in that. This year, she ran ahead of us the entire time. The first year, I wore my younger child in a baby carrier. My family has had the pleasure of attending The Blaze for the past three years. Sine Hjort, a Croton resident and artist now in her third season as a carver, explained that the team begins planning for the event in the winter and the carving can begin as early as February. Every September, over 7,000 hand-carved pumpkins decorate the grounds of the 18 th -century estate-lining the walkways, spread throughout the heritage gardens, forming intricate sculptures-and they remain there through November.īut, for a dedicated group of talented local artisans, the work begins much earlier than that. The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze: Hudson Valley has been blazing for many years at Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson. It wasn’t until we moved up three years ago that I discovered it’s not just Halloween that my town does well, it’s Jack O’Lanterns. I’m not saying that’s why my family moved up from Brooklyn, but I’m not saying that’s not why. The River Towns do many things right, and one of those things is Halloween.
This is a view of the 2020 The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze at Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson, NY on September 17, 2020.
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