Trick Orr Treat (Get it?)

Friday, September 28, 2007   

Fall hayrides, a chug around the farm on the Jupiter … and our Very Sincere Pumpkin Patch!  It all adds up to good family fun on the farm, and what better place to spend Halloween!?

It’s a festive event with costume contests, freebies (like delicious KettleKorn) and more.

See Halloween Event for ‘the rest of the story…’

A Very Sincere Pumpkin Patch

Friday, September 28, 2007   

The Great Pumpkin"The Great Pumpkin is an unseen character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.

The Great Pumpkin is a mythical holiday figure (comparable to Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny) that appears to exist only in the imagination of Linus van Pelt.

 Every year, Linus sits in a pumpkin patch on Halloween night waiting for the Great Pumpkin to appear. Invariably, the Great Pumpkin fails to appear, and a humiliated but undefeated Linus vows to wait for him again the following Halloween.

According to Linus, on Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch he deems the most "sincere". The Great Pumpkin then flies through the air to deliver toys to all the good little children in the world. Apparently, one can cause the Great Pumpkin to pass him or her by merely saying "IF he comes", as opposed to "WHEN he comes", which would appear to convey a lack of faith in the Great Pumpkin."

Source:  Wikipedia

Orr Family Farm is proud to have a Very Sincere Pumpkin Patch this year!  You can come to the farm and take a hayride out to the patch to pick your own pumpkins.  And if you have faith, you may see the Great Pumpkin!

Site to visit:  Charles M. Shultz Museum