Great Pumpkin
Linus's Halloween deity
The Great Pumpkin is a fictional figure from the comic strip *Peanuts*, believed in solely by the character Linus.
According to Linus, the Great Pumpkin rises from the most sincere pumpkin patch on Halloween night to bring toys to good children.
The joke lies in his earnest faith despite zero evidence and universal ridicule.
The phrase has become shorthand for any belief maintained with passionate conviction but no basis in reality: He's still waiting for the Great Pumpkin if he thinks that merger is happening.
- PeanutsLong-running American comic strip
- Charlie BrownLovable loser in comics
- good griefExclamation of exasperation
- LinusLatin masculine name
- security blanketSoothing attachment object
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- holiday figuresSanta Claus, Santa, St. Nicholas, Easter Bunny, Frosty
- PeanutsCharlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, Lucy, Linus
Great PumpkinSanta Claus
Legendary yuletide gift-giver
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