The lids have been cut off, the insides cleaned out and the faces have been carved. Mine is the happy one on the left and Dave's is the more serious one on the right.

I have removed the seeds from the stringy "inside" stuff, salted them and roasted them in the oven for later snacking.

Eating the seeds entails a lot of work....removing the shell for a very small seed... but if you have the patience...they are tasty (and healthy, I might add!) This is a long-standing tradition, so I make them every year.