The above video from About.com shows you how to carve a pumpkin in just three minutes!

...I mean, the video is three minutes long. It'll probably take you longer than that unless you have an electric saw. Whatever you do, don't hack it with a sword.

Carving a pumpkin is easy, results in a nice decoration, and is a good way to get our your aggressions if you want to stab something. Check out these links for pumpkin carving tips, stencils and inspiration:

• Pumpkin Carving 101
• Pumpkin Carving Tips - How to Carve a Pumpkin for a Jack-O'-Lantern
• Howstuffworks - How to Carve a Pumpkin
• How to Carve a Pumpkin Video
• Extreme Pumpkins (How-to, gallery)
• Pumpkin Way (Gallery)
• The Pumpkin Wizard (Gallery, patterns)
• Pumpkin Carving Templates
• Homestar Runner templates

And if you don't have access to a real pumpkin, there's always virtual pumpkin carving.