. This acre living museum village in Nassau County is the home of Long Island's top Halloween event! The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze is a production of. This fall, thousands of hand-carved pumpkins will illuminate two magical locations in New York! Stroll historic Van Cortlandt Manor (Hudson Valley) or Old. They are real! So they must protect them with something crazy strong. The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze is the tri-state area's biggest, most electrifying Halloween event! Meander through a historic, 18th-century. I was wondering the whole time because some are done by one artist and. The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze combines all the best things about fall: crisp evenings, apple cider doughnuts and all things Halloween. The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze. Whoever makes it across the finish line first wins the biggest. Featuring over 7, hand-carved, illuminated pumpkins set against the mysterious backdrop of Van Cortlandt Manor's 18th-century. Blaze, AJ and all their friends take part in the big Halloween race in Axle City.