Time to get in the proper holiday spirit with some fancy pumpkin carving, yes? We found these images taken by our Flickr contributors over the last week as people prepared for the big night. This one, by RSchley, is our favorite — some Washington National’s pride (because it’s terrifying?) and a classic black cat waiting for unlucky victims to come into its path. Naturally, it’s time for the every-four-years political stencil carvings, and folks around D.C. have made a pretty strong Pumpkins for Obama effort (a wicked lobby, indeed), as well as a Gourd Out the Vote groundswell … okay, that one was bad. Enjoy the carvings below, and if you have more, tag them “dcist” and “pumpkin” and check them out here.