WELCOME TO TEAPOT TUESDAY
THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING TEAPARTY
AND CHALLENGE #326
MMTPT326 Thankful Pumpkins
Note: Anyone is welcome to play! You automatically become a Teapotter the first time you play in our challenge. Also, you do not have to write a story. You just have to be inspired by the teapot or by the story about this week's location! Have fun! If this is your first Teapot Tuesday Challenge, please mention that in your commentary so we can be sure to greet you properly, in pure Teapot Tuesday fashion! Your participation in Destination Station is 100% voluntary and not at all required. Just have fun!
Our guest hostess for the Tickle a Teapotter challenge this month is....
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Mary ~ redi2stamp, and she has a really great challenge for us!
1: It is not quite clear how the term �pumpkin� came to be a term of endearment. And yet we hear little ones called �my sweet little pumpkin� , sweethearts refer to each other as �pumpkin�. We often hear �cute as a pumpkin� or �sweet as a pumpkin� used to describe someone with fondness.
2: And since we all have a fondness for each other here in Teapotterville, I think it would be just dandy if we sent each other a pumpkin!
3: Now since I am not much of a story teller.. I�ll just give a little story I heard about how the Jack o Lantern evolved from Irish culture to American pumpkin carving! According to the story a stingy jokester named Jack was denied residence in both heaven and hell upon his demise. Forced to roam the earth in darkness, the devil gave Jack a coal from hell to light his way. Jack carved out a turnip and placed the lighted coal inside. The turnip, gourds and other vegetables were carved and lights placed inside on All Hallows Eve became a tradition. Once it came to America, the pumpkin became the perfect vegetable to carve during the celebration of that tradition.
4: The pumpkin harvest falls around the time we now celebrate as Halloween, however it is also around the time of Thanksgiving. Pumpkins and especially pumpkin pie have become almost synonymous with thanksgiving. There is another reason for the tea-potters to exchange pumpkins� in thanksgiving for so many blessings including each tea-potter. If you bring bats or spiders, come in the back door!
CHALLENGE TRANSLATION: Bring a pumpkin to the party.
DESTINATION STATION:
This week our destination is each other! Once a month, we send our cards to each other! A little payback and reward to the teapotters for always sending their cards to the recipient of the Destination Station.
I have started this new thread in the Teapot Tuesday Extras Forum. If you are participating in the card exchange please go to this thread and follow the instructions.
Here is a Quick Link to the
MMTPT326 Challenge Gallery
Here's Mary's card:
My Tickle Pumpkin
Be sure to you use KEYWORD
MMTPT326 in your upload and post a comment here so we can all see your card!
Ever want to get a jump on next week's challenge card? SCS has given Sheri (KSNurse) permission to create an email Teapot Tuesday Cheater Group and email the challenge out on the Saturday before the Tuesday of the challenge so you girls can have the weekend to make your card. Send her a pm with your email address if you want to be a Cheater!
If you are confused about these challenges, see the first sticky post of this thread for more information. There is also a directory of individual challenges
MMTPT326 ~ October 28, 2014 ~ Thankful Pumpkins
