if she doesn't care for pumpkins you can always make them for ME
I love them. more than fall leaves ok maybe almost the same but the bright color makes me feel like a kid again. We used to go to pick them in Half Moon Bay as a kid and then spend all afternoon coming up with the perfect design. ended up with like crooked triangles but you knew you were going to have the prettiest one yet. I am sure mine was! I still buy them now .. don't usually cut them any more but love to have them sitting by the front door.. My mom used to make a big pot of chicken soup, carve out a pumpkin fill it with soup, bake it for a bit in the oven then serve it on the table in the pumpkin. boy was it pretty and she would scoop a bit of the pumpkin out into the soup also and top it with the seeds.. I did the same thing for my kids. Some traditions are not so bad.