Here are the twelve-step instructions for making a birthday Jack-O-Lantern for your mom.
1. Find the perfect pumpkin
2. Clean it in preparation for pumpkin carving
3. Create/find a fun design--it should include a "Happy Birthday" message and perhaps a clever staying--a plus if you can include an iconic Halloween symbol (ghost = good, witch = not so good...)
4. Prepare the pumpkin for carving--cut off the top, scoop out the insides
5. Transfer your clever design to the pumpkin
6. Carve your pumpkin
7. Once finished, test you pumpkin in a dark room (if already dark outside, us that...)
8. Make sure your mother's birthday is close to Halloween, preferably within a day or two of the holiday, but not longer than a week (sorry if that is not an option for you...)
9. Give your finished product and "Happy Birthday Pumpkin" to your mom, or place the pumpkin on your mom's headstone
10. Miss your mom terribly and wish you could still give it to her in person
11. Continue this tradition from the time you were in Jr. High School until today--over four decades (except for the years you were living in Denmark or Colorado...)
12. Do it all again next year
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