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. The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze. 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. They are real! So they must protect them with something crazy strong. Featuring over 7, hand-carved, illuminated pumpkins set against the mysterious backdrop of Van Cortlandt Manor's 18th-century. Whoever makes it across the finish line first wins the biggest. This fall, thousands of hand-carved pumpkins will illuminate two magical locations in New York! Stroll historic Van Cortlandt Manor (Hudson Valley) or Old. The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze is the tri-state area's biggest, most electrifying Halloween event! Meander through a historic, 18th-century. Blaze, AJ and all their friends take part in the big Halloween race in Axle City. .