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On 4/9/2019 4:35 PM, dsi1 wrote:

> Pumpkin or squash - it doesn't really make a whole lot of difference which word you use. Oddly enough, Americans don't associate pumpkin pie with Halloween, even though a shitload of pumpkins are sold around the end of October. Americans eat pumpkin pie during Thanksgiving and Christmas. Oddly enough, pumpkins aren't typically for sale during those holidays.
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Pumpkin pie is usually made with the canned stuff. Halloween pumpkins
are mostly used for decoration.