Food / Drink
Often served warm or spiced in the fall, this beverage is better than apple juice
Apple Cider
This 1966 animated Peanuts holiday television special features Linus waiting all night in a patch for a mythical holiday figure.
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
This popular name for a carved pumpkin originated from an Irish folktale about a man named 'Stingy Jack' tricking the devil.
Jack-o'-lantern
This iconic three-colored, triangle-shaped treat was originally sold in the 1880s under the rural name "Chicken Feed."
Candy Corn
This iconic 1993 Disney film features Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson Sisters resurrected on Halloween night.
Hocus Pocus
This woven, horn-shaped basket overflowing with autumn produce serves as a historic symbol of abundance and nourishment.
Cornucopia (or horn of plenty)
Starbucks changed seasonal marketing in 2003 with the limited-time introduction of this beverage
Pumpkin Spice Latte
Originating in Germany, this massive autumn festival traditionally kicks off in mid-to-late September and serves millions of liters of beer.
Oktoberfest
The legendary first Thanksgiving harvest celebration took place in 1621 between the Wampanoag people and the settlers of this historic colony.
Plymouth Colony
Before European settlers arrived in North America and adapted pumpkin carving, people in Ireland and Scotland traditionally carved these root vegetables instead.
Turnips
This classic Washington Irving gothic tale features Ichabod Crane and his terrifying late-night encounter with the Headless Horseman.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
In 1863, this U.S. President officially proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday to be celebrated on the final Thursday of November.
Abraham Lincoln
Pumpkins belong to this specific scientific plant family, which also includes gourds, watermelons, cucumbers, and squashes.
Cucurbitaceae
This iconic American poet wrote the classic, melancholic poem "The Road Not Taken", which famously features a walk through a "yellow wood" during autumn.
Robert Frost
Fall officially begins on this specific astronomical event, when the sun crosses the celestial equator making day and night nearly equal.
Autumnal Equinox