With more than 100,000 attendees, over 32,000 pre-scooped pumpkins and national recognition on HGTV's "Pumpkin Wars," the Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival is not your average jack-o-lantern festival.

In fact, the city of Highwood is ready to make pumpkin carving history by breaking the World Record for the most carved and lit jack-o-lan...