To Carved A Pumpkin

I was thinking about bringing my daughter to a pumpkin patch to pick our own pumpkin for the Halloween and carve it cause this is what the so called tradition here in America every Halloween. Of course before proceeding on our plan 1st i wanna know what the pumpkin head all about? what's the beginning on this so called tradition? People correct me if i'm wrong cause i'm not from here and nextime i'm going to share our way in the Philippines. My workmate started this by telling me a story about Jack O'Lantern. Same story i found in the Internet:

History of the Jack O'Lantern
The Irish brought the tradition of the Jack O'Lantern to America. But, the original Jack O'Lantern was not a pumpkin.The Jack O'Lantern legend goes back hundreds of years in Irish History. As the story goes, Stingy Jack was a miserable, old drunk who liked to play tricks on everyone: family, friends, his mother and even the Devil himself. One day, he tricked the Devil into climbing up an apple tree. Once the Devil climbed up the apple tree, Stingy Jack hurriedly placed crosses around the trunk of the tree. The Devil was then unable to get down the tree. Stingy Jack made the Devil promise him not to take his soul when he died. Once the devil promised not to take his soul, Stingy Jack removed the crosses and let the Devil down.
Many years later, when Jack finally died, he went to the pearly gates of Heaven and was told by Saint Peter that he was too mean and too cruel and had led a miserable and worthless life on earth. He was not allowed to enter heaven. He then went down to Hell and the Devil. The Devil kept his promise and would not allow him to enter Hell. Now Jack was scared and had nowhere to go but to wander about forever in the darkness between heaven and hell. He asked the Devil how he could leave as there was no light. The Devil tossed him an ember from the flames of Hell to help him light his way. Jack placed the ember in a hollowed out Turnip, one of his favorite foods which he always carried around with him whenever he could steal one. For that day onward, Stingy Jack roamed the earth without a resting place, lighting his way as he went with his "Jack O'Lantern".
On all Hallow's eve, the Irish hollowed out Turnips, rutabagas, gourds, potatoes and beets. They placed a light in them to ward off evil spirits and keep Stingy Jack away. These were the original Jack O'Lanterns. In the 1800's a couple of waves of Irish immigrants came to America. The Irish immigrants quickly discovered that Pumpkins were bigger and easier to carve out. So they used pumpkins for Jack O'Lanterns.

I asked my husband about this but he doesn't know.(Their ancestors are not Irish. Their Danish and German) They probably didn't practise this so called tradition cause i asked him one time if it's ok if i put some decorations outside for the Halloween like a pumpkin head but he refuse cause it's an evil way. Now i know what he's talking about. He didn't even tried trick or treating when he was a kid. Well we didn't really tried trick or treating too with my daughter we just dress her some costumes and she wears is whole day wherever we go and it's fun and cute for the kids and just this time one day every year to wear fun costumes. I asked him about to pick a pumpkin and he is ok just to experience the tradition and having a family outing at the pumpkin patch and our daughter might like it. Anyway i loved pumpkin pie and it's my favorite ever since i got to taste of it. One thing is the story is just a myth so might as well enjoy the Halloween.