In the comic strip "Peanuts" by American cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, Linus believes that each year on Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere and flies through the air with a bag of toys for all the children. Everyone tells Linus the Great Pumpkin is a fake, but Linus believes in him.
Listen now to Vince Guaraldi playing "The Great Pumpkin Waltz" from the original soundtrack of the animated "Peanuts" television special "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."